Conduent agrees to $80M settlement over 62.2 million-person breach
The nonreversionary fund covers monitoring and legal costs, still needs court approval, and Conduent denies fault.
The nonreversionary fund covers monitoring and legal costs, still needs court approval, and Conduent denies fault.
US, German and UK agencies say the gang guesses passwords, phishes and exploits known flaws.
The independent group uses stolen or brute-forced credentials and VPN access, then steals data and appends .SafePay.
A US, German and UK advisory says the group, active since August 2024, uses double extortion across four regions.
Since August 2024 the private group has used stolen or brute-forced credentials, VPN access, phishing, and edge-device flaws, then double-extorted victims.
SafePay ransomware has compromised at least 600 organizations since August 2024 by exploiting exposed VPNs, remote access and backup servers.
The October 20 joint advisory covers activity since August 2024 and five exploited CVEs, including critical CVE-2024-40711.
U.S., German, and U.K. agencies say the gang guesses passwords, phishes, and exploits listed flaws.
Agencies say SafePay uses stolen or guessed passwords, phishing, and five known edge-device flaws, then encrypts files for crypto payment.
About 62 million people were affected; only documented fraud losses can be reimbursed, up to $3,500.
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