Cognizant
About the organisation
[AI generated] Cognizant is a multinational information technology and professional services company headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA. It operates in the IT services and consulting industry, offering digital transformation, technology, and business process outsourcing services. Founded in 1994, Cognizant serves clients across healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and retail sectors globally, with major delivery centers in India.
What the listing means
Cognizant appeared on the coinbasecartel leak site on 15 April 2026. Groups publish a victim once negotiations stall or as pressure during them, so a listing usually means data was already exfiltrated. This group has published 4 claims in the last 30 days and remains active.
Recommended actions
- Treat any unsolicited message referencing Cognizant as suspicious — leaked data gets weaponised for phishing within days.
- If you hold an account on cognizant.com, change that password now, update it anywhere you reused it, and enable two-factor authentication.
- Other Business Services organisations should review this group's known TTPs and validate detection coverage against them.
- Watch for follow-on extortion: stolen data is often re-leaked or resold after the initial listing.
- A leak-site listing is a claim made by the attacker, not a confirmed breach — check the organisation's own disclosures before acting on it.
Leak-site evidence
Listing URL https://www.ransomware.live/id/Q29nbml6YW50QGNvaW5iYXNlY2FydGVs
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Captured from the group's extortion site. It may contain the victim's data or the attacker's messaging.
