INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
accounts may have been hacked due to an advanced phishing campaign and that the company had launched an investigation to contain any
potential impact.The Bengaluru-based company was responding to a Reuters query after cyber security blog KrebsOnSecurity said Wipro's
systems had been breached and were being used to launch attacks against some of its clients.KrebsOnSecurity, citing anonymous sources, said
Wipro's systems were being used to target at least a dozen customer systems."We detected a potentially abnormal activity in a few employee
accounts on our network due to an advanced phishing campaign," Wipro said in an emailed statement
The company also said it had retained an independent forensic firm to assist in the investigationWipro did not say which clients, if any,
Wipro is scheduled to report fourth-quarter results later in the day.Larger rivals Tata Consultancy Services Ltd and Infosys Ltd kicked off
the corporate results season on Friday, saying they expect continued strong growth in the new financial year after posting strong
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