Sage shares fall after breach exposes customer data
U.K. business software company Sage Group PLC has warned that a data breach may have exposed sensitive information on employees at 280 companies that are its customers, media reports said Monday. "We believe there has been some unauthorized access using an internal login to the data of a small number of our UK customers so we are working closely with the authorities to investigate the situation," Sage said in a statement posted online. Police are investigating the possible insider hack at the Newcastle-based software maker, whose flagship products focus on accounting software for businesses. Shares in Sage fell 3.7% in early trading Monday.
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