Conduent Business Services Data Breach (2024)

"Conduent Inc. warned in an April 14 regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that a “significant” number of people had their personal data stolen in a January cyberattack that affected a limited number of the company’s clients. The company, a major government payments technology vendor for social services and transit systems, was targeted in a Jan. 13 attack that disrupted certain operations. The company warned it has incurred and accrued a material amount of nonrecurring expenses related to the breach. A spokesperson for the company did not have specific numbers yet, but a breach notification has already been posted by the California Attorney General’s office. Conduent confirmed in the SEC filing that the hackers gained access to a limited number of its clients and exfiltrated files that contained personal data for a significant number of end users that access its client’s databases. "