Robotic Process Automation vendor UiPath discloses data breach

Last week, ZDnet reported in an exclusive that the tech unicorn UiPath admitted having accidentally exposed the personal details of some users.

UiPath is a leading Robotic Process Automation vendor providing a complete software platform to help organizations efficiently automate business processes.

The startup started reporting the security incident to its customers that had their data accidentally exposed online, only users who registered on its platform before or on March 17, 2020, were impacted.

“On December 1, 2020, UiPath became aware of an incident that resulted in unauthorized disclosure of a file containing limited personal information about users of UiPath Academy,” reads an email statement, seen by ZDNet. sent by the company to its users today.

Exposed accidentally users’ details include real names, email addresses, usernames, company name, country locations, and UiPath certification details for users who signed up for the Academy learning platform.

“We are aware of only one online source where the information was made available,” the company added. “For important security (and other related) reasons, UiPath is unable to name the source.”

The user details were contained in a file that appears to be an older backup.

The company pointed out that financial information either passwords were not exposed. The incident did not expose the company’s official products.

At the time of this writing, the software firm hasn’t disclosed the number of impacted users.

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Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – hacking, data leak)

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.