Alation, an enterprise data and AI company whose software is used by more than 500 global companies including roughly half of the Fortune 1000, confirmed on Thursday that it suffered a cyberattack earlier in the week.
The company, which makes data search and AI tools that allow customers to query large datasets using natural language, said it identified an isolated incident involving unauthorized activity in one of its systems on Tuesday. Alation reported the incident had caused degraded availability for some customers and said it was resolved within an hour.
However, Alation did not specify the nature of the cyberattack, the root cause, or how many customers were affected. The company also did not say whether it had notified its customers of the breach or what defensive actions they should take. It remains unclear whether any data was stolen or exfiltrated during the incident.
Much of Alation's infrastructure runs on Amazon Web Services. The company did not immediately respond to follow-up questions about the scope of the breach.
The incident is the latest in a series of cybersecurity breaches targeting large technology companies that store sensitive or proprietary information on behalf of enterprise customers. Earlier in August, several companies reported data thefts following a breach at European shipping giant Ceva Logistics, and financial firms and private equity firms have also been targeted in recent weeks.
The breach underscores the growing risk that AI and data infrastructure companies face as they become custodians of ever-larger volumes of corporate data.
