Archive · 11 Dec 2025
Conduent Cyberattack: 10.5 Million Affected in Major Healthcare Breach
A company called Conduent had a big problem where hackers got into their computers and stole important information from over 10.5 million people.
This information included names, Social Security numbers, and health details.
The hackers were in their system for a long time, from October 2024 to January 2025.
Conduent is now spending a lot of money to fix the problem and is telling all the people who were affected.
They are also offering free services to help protect these people's information.
The company warns that this could cost them even more money in the future because of lawsuits and other issues.
Conduent experienced a data breach affecting 10.5 million people, making it the 8th largest healthcare breach in US history.
The breach occurred from 21 October 2024 to 13 January 2025, with exposed data including names, Social Security numbers, and medical information.
Conduent has incurred $25 million in direct response costs, with an estimated total cost exceeding $50 million.
Affected states include Texas (4 million), Oregon (1 million), Montana (200,000), and others.
Conduent is offering three years of free credit monitoring services through Kroll and advising affected individuals to place fraud alerts or credit freezes.
- Who
- Conduent, a business services vendor, and over 10.5 million individuals across multiple US states
- What
- A massive data breach exposing sensitive personal and medical information
- When
- The breach occurred from 21 October 2024 to 13 January 2025, with detection in January 2025
- Where
- Multiple US states, including Texas, Oregon, and Montana
- Why
- Hackers gained unauthorized access to Conduent's systems, leading to the exposure of sensitive data
- Number of Affected Individuals
- 10.5 million
- Duration of Breach
- 21 October 2024 to 13 January 2025
- Exposed Data
- Names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, medical information, health insurance details
- Direct Response Costs
- $25 million
- Estimated Total Costs
- Over $50 million
- Affected States
- Texas, Oregon, Montana, and others
- Credit Monitoring Services
- Three years through Kroll