Conduent confirms that the outage is due to a cybersecurity incident

Conduent, a US government contractor that provides technology to support services such as child support and food assistance, confirmed that the recent outage was the result of a cyber security incident.

Conduent has confirmed an outage that deprived some US residents of support payments. to TechCrunch on Tuesday but declined to say whether the outage was due to a compromise of its systems.

In an updated statement sent to TechCrunch on Wednesday, Conduent spokesman Sean Collins confirmed that the nature of the breach was “due to a cyber security incident” of unconfirmed nature.

“This incident has been contained and all systems are restored,” Collins said. “Maintaining system integrity and functionality is as important to us as it is to our customers.”

Collins declined to share any further details about the incident, including whether the company was aware of any data leaks.