New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- American business services vendor Conduent is under scrutiny following confirmation of a massive data breach that affected over 10.5 million people across multiple US states.

While the data breach was detected in January this year, Conduent said that hackers had access to their systems from 21 October 2024 up until 13 January 2025, when the intrusion was detected.

Exposed data included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, as well as medical information and health insurance details, and the scale of the cyberattack makes it the 8th largest healthcare breach in US history, reported Red94.

Since then, Conduent has incurred approximately $25 million in direct response costs, having made cash disbursements o...