Alation

Disclosed Aug 20, 2026Confirmed

AI data catalog company Alation confirms cyberattack affecting customers

Enterprise data and AI software maker Alation confirmed unauthorized activity in one of its systems days after reporting an incident affecting some customers. It did not give the root cause or the number of affected customers.

What is known

People affected	Not stated in the sources we have
Disclosed	Aug 20, 2026
Attack	Not stated
Data exposed	OtherNamesSocial Security numbersGovernment IDs
Sector	Tech · US
Status	Confirmed

Sources

Newstechcrunch.com

AI data giant Alation confirms cyberattack

Official noticeago.vermont.gov

Vermont Attorney General breach report: Alation

Notices filed

TotalAug 20

ResearchCount not stated

Residents of VTNov 4

Vermont AG2 people

History of this record

source_type2026-11-05

press to officialby dailySource

source_url2026-11-05

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/ai-data-giant-alation-confirms-cyberattack/ to https://ago.vermont.gov/categories/security-breach-noticesby dailySource

status2026-11-05

disclosed to confirmedby dailySource

verified_by2026-11-05

empty to vt-agby dailySource

verified2026-11-05

0 to 1by dailySource

data_types2026-11-05

["other"] to ["other","names","ssn","government-id"]by dailySource

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby seedSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (Research), confirmed by Vermont AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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