Hitachi subsidiary GlobalLogic impacted by Clop’s attack spree on Oracle customers

The digital engineering services firm said human resources data on nearly 10,500 current and former employees was exposed.

GlobalLogic, a digital engineering and product design company, said it was impacted by a widespread data theft and extortion campaign linked to a zero-day vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite.

The company, which was acquired by Hitachi in 2021 and has a current customer base of nearly 600 clients, filed data breach notifications with authorities in California and Maine on Friday. GlobalLogic said the attack exposed human resources data on nearly 10,500 current and former employees. 

GlobalLogic is among many Oracle customers targeted by attackers aligned with the Clop ransomware group, which exploited a zero-day vulnerability affecting the enterprise platform to steal massive amounts of data as far back as July. John Hultquist, chief analyst at Google Threat Intelligence Group, previously told CyberScoop dozens of organizations were impacted. 

GlobalLogic said it discovered the data breach Oct. 9 and, upon investigation, determined the initial breach occurred July 10. The most recent malicious activity occurred Aug. 20, the company said.

“This incident did not target or impact GlobalLogic’s systems outside our Oracle platform, and, based on industry reports, we are one of many Oracle customers believed to be impacted,” the company said in the notification letter sent to people impacted. GlobalLogic did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Data exposed by the attack includes names, addresses, phone numbers, emergency contact information, email addresses, dates of birth, nationality, passport information, internal employee numbers, tax identifiers such as Social Security numbers, salary information, bank account details and routing numbers, according to GlobalData.

Upon discovering it was impacted, GlobalLogic said it immediately activated incident response procedures, notified law enforcement and engaged with third-party firms to assist with an investigation. “We also promptly applied software patches upon their release from Oracle to address the vulnerability,” the company said. 

Oracle disclosed and issued a patch for the zero-day vulnerability —  CVE-2025-61882 affecting Oracle E-Business Suite — in a security advisory Oct. 4, and previously said it was aware some customers had received extortion emails. 

The zero-day wasn’t the only problem confronting Oracle and its customers. Clop exploited multiple vulnerabilities, including the zero-day, in Oracle E-Business Suite to steal large amounts of data from several victims, according to Mandiant Consulting CTO Charles Carmakal. 

The significant lag time between when the attacks occurred and Oracle’s disclosure indicates Clop was breaking into and stealing data from Oracle E-Business Suite customers’ environments for months. Researchers were not aware of the attacks until executives of alleged victim organizations received extortion emails demanding payment. 

Clop’s ransom demands reached up to $50 million, according to Halcyon. “We have seen seven- and eight-figure demands thus far,” Cynthia Kaiser, senior vice president of Halcyon’s ransomware research center, told CyberScoop last month.

Clop’s data-leak site included almost 30 alleged victims as of last week. The notorious ransomware group has threatened to leak alleged victims’ data unless it receives payment. 

One of those named victims, Envoy Air, a subsidiary of American Airlines, confirmed it was impacted by the attack spree. 

“We have conducted a thorough review of the data at issue and have confirmed no sensitive or customer data was affected. A limited amount of business information and commercial contact details may have been compromised,” a spokesperson for Envoy Air said in a statement. 

GlobalLogic said it implemented Oracle’s recommended mitigation steps in the wake of the attack and took additional steps to improve its security.

Government

• FBI officials say AI is bolstering adversaries, emphasizing need to focus on cyber basics, patching

• Feds accuse China of ‘systematic’ distillation of U.S. AI models

• CIA’s Michael Ellis says cyber intelligence is changing how the agency operates

• The G7 tells industry to hurry up and prep for post-quantum encryption

Technology

• European parliament members call for slowdown of Serbia’s EU entry over spyware use

• FCC proposes public scorecard to rate telecoms on anti-robocall efforts

• Pegasus, NoviSpy variant spyware found on devices of Serbian activists

• Wyden seeks upgraded NSA security guidance on commercial VPN use

Threats

• Microsoft discloses two actively exploited zero-days among 974 vulnerabilities

• Russian national extradited to US for alleged involvement in bank-account takeover scheme

• Attackers exploit zero-days in consistently besieged SonicWall product

• Jail time for Maine child in 764 marks turning point in federal law enforcement

Policy

• Whistleblower says USPS deploying new, ‘untested’ IT systems governing mail-in ballots

• ‘Watershed 250’ test program in Texas looks to private sector for water cybersecurity help

• Former sexual abuse victims say Grok used their images, videos to train deepfake capabilities

• Cyber threats nudge Trump to sign executive order on foreign equipment in U.S. energy infrastructure