Overview
- Updated state disclosures put the known toll at at least 25 million nationwide, led by Texas at about 15.4 million and Oregon at about 10.5 million, with smaller counts in several other states.
- Notifications say exposed data can include names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, health insurance details, and medical information.
- A ransomware-linked intrusion that spanned late 2024 to January 2025 underpins the breach, with a ransomware group claiming responsibility.
- Conduent, whose services for government benefits and large employers reach more than 100 million people, has offered little public detail about the incident.
- TechCrunch reports Conduent hid its online incident notice from search results and declined to say how many notifications have gone out, while Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says his office is investigating.