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Bullhorn sees red after cyberattack knocks recruitment platform offline

Source: The RegisterCarly PageOctober 20, 2026
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Bullhorn, serving over 10,000 customers globally, detected a cyber incident on October 16 that escalated into a full platform outage by the following morning. The company engaged CrowdStrike cybersecurity specialists to investigate and restore services. Systems came back online in multiple regions but experienced persistent issues with single sign-on, password resets, and performance degradation, impacting recruitment agencies' access to candidate data and payment systems.

Key points

  • Outage began October 16, full shutdown by October 17
  • Affects 10,000+ customers worldwide
  • CrowdStrike engaged for incident response
  • Persistent SSO and performance issues post-recovery

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