Bullhorn sees red after cyberattack knocks recruitment platform offline

Bullhorn is the latest tech giant finding itself on the wrong end of a cyberattack, forcing the recruitment software provider to shut down its platform while it investigates.

The US-based company, which serves more than 10,000 customers worldwide, says its systems are now back online in the UK, US, and Australia. Unfortunately for customers hoping to get back to work, online doesn't necessarily mean working.

In its latest status update, published on Tuesday, Bullhorn confirmed that some users were still struggling with single sign-on (SSO), password resets, and customizations, while several products continued to report degraded performance.

Things started going sideways on Friday, October 16, when Bullhorn flagged problems getting job postings onto Indeed. By the following morning, the platform was suffering a full-blown outage, and Bullhorn confirmed later that day that it was dealing with something rather more serious than a technical hiccup.

"We have detected a cyber incident on the Bullhorn Platform. …