Government payments contractor Conduent confirms cyberattack impacts multiple statesGovernment payments contractor Conduent confirms cyberattack impacts multiple states

Conduent, a New Jersey-based government contractor that provides technology platforms to multiple social service agencies and transit systems across the U.S., confirmed Wednesday it was impacted by a cyberattack.

The incident first became public after Wisconsin officials reported delays in child support payments. Wisconsin was one of four states impacted by the outage.

A spokesperson for Conduent confirmed the disruption was due to a cyber incident, but did not elaborate on the details. Conduent did not provide any details about how the incident was initially discovered or a specific timeline about the response.

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