{
  "id": 2368826,
  "title": "Cognizant Alerts Customers To Potential Data Exposure Following Cyber Breach",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/cognizant-alerts-customers-to-potential-data-exposure-following-cyber",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-21T11:12:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/cognizant-alerts-customers-to-potential-data-exposure-following-cyber-breach"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "IT services firm Cognizant has notified its customers about a potential data breach that occurred on April 21, 2026. The breach may have exposed personal information, including Social Security numbers, of affected individuals. Despite no evidence of misuse, Cognizant is taking a precautionary measure and advising customers to file a police report or place a security freeze on their credit reports at no cost. The company has also offered identity theft protection services through IDX, which includes 24 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring, identity theft recovery support, and an insurance reimbursement policy of up to $1 million. Cognizant has not disclosed the exact number of individuals affected by the incident.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}