"IT Services Giant Conduent Suffers Ransomware Attack, Data Breach"

The IT services giant Conduent recently faced a ransomware attack that impacted its European operations. Conduent provides services, including human resources and payments infrastructure for most Fortune 100 companies and more than 500 governments. Services provided by the company to some clients were partially interrupted by the ransomware attack. Conduent is still investigating the incident using internal and external forensics. Anti-virus teams have also been put in place to review and monitor Conduent European infrastructure. The type of ransomware or intrusion vector used in this attack remains unnamed by the company. However, security researchers did discover Conduent data posted on the Maze ransomware group's Dark Web page. This article continues to discuss how the ransomware attack impacted Conduent's services, the supposed group behind the attack, vulnerabilities that may have led to the breach, and how companies can improve their basic cyber hygiene. 

CBR Online reports "IT Services Giant Conduent Suffers Ransomware Attack, Data Breach"