Security News > 2023 > April > SD Worx shuts down UK payroll, HR services after cyberattack
Belgian HR and payroll giant SD Worx has suffered a cyberattack causing them to shut down all IT systems for its UK and Ireland services.
SD Worx is a European HR and payroll management company based out of Belgium that services 5.2 million employees for over 82,000 companies, according to its website.
Today, SD Worx began notifying customers that its UK and Ireland division suffered a cyberattack leading them to shut down IT systems to contain the attack.
"Our security team has discovered malicious activities in our hosted data centre last night. We have taken immediate action and have preventively isolated all systems and servers to mitigate any further impact. As a result, there is currently no access to our systems, which we deeply regret of course," reads a security advisory to SD Worx UK and Ireland customers.
As a full-service human resources and payroll company, SD Worx manages a large amount of sensitive data for its client's employees.
BleepingComputer contacted SD Worx with questions regarding the cyberattack but has not received a response.