Nearly 17,000 Volvo staff dinged in supplier breach

Conduent, a major outsourcing provider for benefits and government programs, suffered an intrusion between Oct 21, 2024 and Jan 13, 2025 that exposed personal and benefits-related data; Volvo Group North America confirmed 16,991 employees were affected while updated filings indicate the overall impact across Conduent clients may reach tens of millions of Americans, and the incident has been publicly linked to the SafePay ransomware group though attribution and data abuse remain unconfirmed.