Cybercrime
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Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks
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Data Breach Notification
Conduent Gets Sued; US Government’s Cyber Shutdown Woes; Hacktivist Hits Rise
Clockwise, from top left: Mathew Schwartz, Tony Morbin, Chris Riotta and Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
In this week’s panel, four ISMG editors discussed the ongoing fallout for hacked business process outsourcing firm Conduent, the federal response to the breach of vendor F5 being complicated by the longest U.S. government shutdown in history and the increased targeting of critical infrastructure, including by self-proclaimed hacktivists.
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The panelists – Marianne Kolbasuk McGee, executive editor, HealthcareInfoSecurity; Tony Morbin, executive news editor, EU; Chris Riotta, managing editor, GovInfoSecurity; and Mathew Schwartz, executive editor, DataBreachToday and Europe – discussed:
- Post-hack attack lawsuits and investigations piling up for New Jersey-based business process outsourcing firm Conduent since it suffered the largest known health data breach – so far – of 2025;
- How the ongoing shutdown of the U.S. government continues to complicate federal agencies’ ability to respond to the suspected nation-state hack of cybersecurity vendor F5, including the theft of source code;
- A rise in the targeting of Western critical infrastructure sectors by nation-state attackers as well as self-proclaimed hacktivist groups, backed by a preview of the “Midnight in the War Room” documentary.
The ISMG Editors’ Panel runs weekly. Don’t miss our previous installments, including the Oct. 24 edition on fallout from the U.S. federal government’s shutdown and the Oct. 31 edition on privacy concerns surrounding the UN Cybercrime Treaty.
