Data breach at govtech giant Conduent balloons, affecting millions more Americans


A data breach at government technology giant Conduent appears to affect far more people than first disclosed, with the number of victims potentially stretching to dozens of millions of people across the United States.

The January 2025 ransomware attack, which knocked out Conduent’s operations for several days, is now known to affect at least 15.4 million people in Texas alone, accounting for about half of the state’s population. Conduent said in October that 4 million people across the state were affected. Another 10.5 million people are affected across Oregon, per the state’s attorney general.

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