
What third party, you wonder? They don’t say. Recorded Future reports:
A recent outage affecting the government technology contractor Conduent was due to a cyberattack that compromised the company’s operating systems.
A Conduent spokesperson told Recorded Future News the company recently “experienced an operational disruption due to a third-party compromise” of one of their operating systems.
“This compromise was quickly contained and our technology environment is currently considered to be free of known malicious activity as confirmed by our third-party security experts,” the spokesperson said.
… Conduent has dozens of contracts with state governments to provide technology solutions for programs involving Medicaid, child support, food assistance and more. The company said it “supports approximately 100 million U.S. residents across various government health programs, helping state and federal agencies deliver critical services while reducing costs, increasing program participation and improving compliance.”
Read more at Recorded Future.