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Sophos lays off 6% of workforce following Secureworks acquisition
The layoffs come soon after Sophos completed its $859 million acquisition of Secureworks.
The layoffs, first reported by The Register, come less than two weeks after Sophos completed its $859 million acquisition of U.S. cybersecurity company Secureworks. In an emailed statement to TechCrunch, Sophos spokesperson Sara Eberle said the layoffs will affect “roughly 6% of our combined companies.” Sophos declined to confirm the exact number of employees that had been affected and would not disclose the company’s current headcount. Sophos said the workforce reduction is due to “positions that are no longer needed when Secureworks delisted as a public company and streamlining duplicative roles as a result of the acquisition.”
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