Omnicon Group hit by ‘Cyber Attack’
Global media buying conglomerate, Omnicon Media Group(OMG) has confirmed that its agencies have been disrupted by a cyber attack that has forced the global network to confront by using outside experts. In recent days, Omnicon Media Group, experienced some disruption to parts of its IT network, OMG said in a statement.
“We retained third-party experts who have identified that the disruption was caused by a cyber incident. We are confident that no data is at risk,” the statement added. “While this has caused some interruptions at some of our agencies outside the U.S, we have continued normal operations and have made significant progress on restoring the functionality of the impacted systems”
New York based OMG is the world’s fourth largest media network with $3.3 billion in worldwide revenue as of 2019,according to the latest information. Major clients include Pepsico and Nissan.
This is not the first time an agency company has been subjected to a cyber incident. In 2017, WPP dealt with an attack that froze many of its systems and idled employees in affected offices. As part of the breach, hackers demanded Bitcoin to release computers.
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