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Scott Younker

Massive government tech data breach expands to more than 25 million more Americans a year after it was discovered

A data breach warning notification on a laptop.

A data breach from more than a year ago may be far larger than initially disclosed. The giant government technology company Conduent suffered a major ransomware attack in January 2025 that knocked out services across multiple U.S. states for several days.

The HIPAA Journal reported that at least 10 million people were affected by the data breach with the company needing several months to determine how widespread the damage was. This was confirmed in a September 2025 SEC statement.

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