The Conduent Breach: 84 Days Inside a Government Contractor, 25 Million Victims, and the Ransomware Group Nobody Saw Coming

**Conduent breach (SafePay):** A ransomware-driven data breach at Conduent resulted in the exfiltration of ~8.5 TB of sensitive health and social-services data and has confirmed over 25 million affected individuals; attackers had 84 days of undetected access, SafePay (a rapidly operational ransomware group) claimed responsibility, notification to victims was delayed by ~9 months, and significant legal and regulatory actions followed.