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All flashes · Fri, October 23, 2026

The HRTech Wire

Google Closes a Door, Bullhorn Goes Dark, and a Solo Founder Wins

Bullhorn, the ATS/CRM used by more than 10,000 staffing and recruiting firms, suffered a multi-day cyber incident beginning October 17 that forced a system-wide platform shutdown, with CrowdStrike engaged to investigate; as of October 20, the company had not confirmed whether customer data was exfiltrated or identified the threat actor, and all non-SSO users were required to reset passwords. Separately, Google quietly removed the Indexing API approval form affecting job-board operators, and Fantastic.jobs — a one-person job-data company underpinning more than 1,000 platforms — reportedly secur

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