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Conduent to pay $80M over 3rd-largest healthcare data breach

| 2026-10-27 18:21 CRITICAL LOW DATA BREACH
Executive Summary
AI-generated
Conduent, a business services provider, has agreed to pay $80 million to settle the third-largest healthcare data breach on record, exposing data on approximately 62.2 people. The settlement was signed with plaintiffs in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey on October 16. An unauthorized third party accessed Conduent's network from October 21, 2024, to January 13, 2025, taking names, addresses, birth dates, medical information, health insurance information and Social Security numbers. The SafePay ransomware group claimed it stole 8.5 terabytes of data. This incident falls under the category of a Data Breach cyber operation type, affecting Conduent's clients and their customers in the Health industry sector, including Legal as well.
Technical Mitigations AI-generated
• Patch Conduent's systems to address vulnerabilities that could be exploited by the SafePay ransomware group. • Monitor for unauthorized access attempts using network intrusion detection tools, such as those used in the incident response plan. • Implement a robust data encryption strategy, including encryption of sensitive information like Social Security numbers and medical records.
Intelligence Metadata
Actors / Malware / CVEs / Campaigns
Target & Sectors
JE
healthhealth legallegal
Incident Timeline
‎Oct. 21, 2024
An unauthorized third party accessed Conduent's network from October 21, 2024, to January 13, 2025.
organisation Social Security
‎Jan. 13, 2025
An unauthorized third party accessed Conduent's network from October 21, 2024, to January 13, 2025.
organisation Social Security
‎Oct. 16
Conduent signed a $80M settlement with plaintiffs in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey on October 16.
target_region Jersey
organisation the U.S.
organisation District Court
organisation SEC
‎2026/10/27
Threat actors from the SafePay ransomware group stole 8.5 terabytes of data, which was later exposed in a healthcare data breach affecting approximately 62.2 million people.
financial $80 Conduent
organisation SafePay
data_breach 8.5 terabytes
organisation Conduent’s
Tactical Metrics
Metrics
financial
80,000,000
Financial Impact / Stolen Funds
Metrics
data_breach
8
Terabytes
Intelligence Sources