Cognizant TriZetto 3.4M Patient Breach, AkzoNobel Ransomware & AI Hacked Mexico's Government
About this episode
The episode discusses significant cybersecurity incidents involving Cognizant's TriZetto, AkzoNobel, and an AI hack affecting the Mexican government.
A hacker used an AI chatbot to break into 10 government agencies and steal records on 195 million people — without writing a single line of code. Meanwhile, Cognizant's TriZetto healthcare billing platform sat silently compromised for over a year while 3.4 million patients' data walked out the door. This week on Security Squawk, Bryan Hornung, Randy Bryan, and Reginald Andre break down four stories that will change how you think about cybersecurity risk in 2026. COGNIZANT TRIZETTO + UMMC TriZetto Provider Solutions — a Cognizant company that processes medical billing for thousands of doctors and hospitals — was breached in November 2024. The company didn't discover it until November 2025. One full year. In that time, 3,433,965 patients had their Social Security numbers, Medicare IDs, birth dates, and health insurance details exposed. And in parallel: UMMC was hit by ransomware in February 2026 — shutting down all 35 of its statewide clinics for nine days, canceling surgeries, and sending doctors back to pen and paper. AKZONOBEL AkzoNobel — the $12 billion paint giant behind Dulux — confirmed that the Anubis ransomware gang stole 170GB of data…
People in this episode
Hosts: Bryan Hornung, Randy Bryan, Reginald Andre
Topics covered
- cybersecurity
- data breach
- ransomware
- AI hacking
- healthcare security
- government security
Keywords
- Cognizant
- TriZetto
- ransomware
- data breach
- AI hacking
- healthcare
- Mexico
- AkzoNobel
- government security
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Cognizant, TriZetto, UMMC, AkzoNobel, Anubis
Places: Mexico
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