{"id":4441,"date":"2026-02-09T14:37:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/bridgepay-confirms-ransomware-attack-no-card-data-compromised\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T14:37:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:37:02","slug":"bridgepay-confirms-ransomware-attack-no-card-data-compromised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/bridgepay-confirms-ransomware-attack-no-card-data-compromised\/","title":{"rendered":"BridgePay Confirms Ransomware Attack, No Card Data Compromised"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US payments platform provider BridgePay has confirmed it is experiencing an IT outage due to a ransomware attack.<\/p>\n

In a series of security alerts published on February 6, the Florida-based company said the attack caused \u201csystem-wide service disruption.\u201d<\/p>\n

The firm is working with cybersecurity professionals and US authorities, including the FBI and the US Secret Service forensic team, to investigate the incident.<\/p>\n

BridgePay Network Solutionssaid initial forensic investigation indicated that no payment card data has been compromised and that any data that may have been accessed by the attackers were encrypted.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this time, there is no evidence of usable data exposure,\u201d it said in a statement on February 6<\/p>\n

The company stated that it cannot provide a definitive timeline for full recovery or when systems will be fully operational again but promised to provide regular update to inform users of the restoration process status.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recognize that recovery may be a lengthy process, and we are working with urgency and diligence to restore systems and services in a secure and responsible manner. Our priority remains protecting our customers, partners and operations,\u201d the firm wrote.<\/p>\n

The incident is having ripple effects in the US, where several organizations, including restaurants and retailers have notified customers they can no longer accept card payments.<\/p>\n

The City of Palm Bay, Florida, issued a warning on February 6 saying its online billing\u00a0payment portal is currently unavailable due to the BridgePay outage.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

US payments platform provider BridgePay has confirmed it is experiencing an IT outage due to a ransomware attack. In a series of security alerts published on February 6, the Florida-based company said the attack caused \u201csystem-wide service disruption.\u201d The firm is working with cybersecurity professionals and US authorities, including the FBI and the US Secret<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4441-a35de3fc-6336-4cf0-adfd-198fbf7fadfb.jpg",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4441-a35de3fc-6336-4cf0-adfd-198fbf7fadfb-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4441-a35de3fc-6336-4cf0-adfd-198fbf7fadfb.jpg",300,300,false],"medium_large":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4441-a35de3fc-6336-4cf0-adfd-198fbf7fadfb.jpg",300,300,false],"large":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4441-a35de3fc-6336-4cf0-adfd-198fbf7fadfb.jpg",300,300,false],"1536x1536":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4441-a35de3fc-6336-4cf0-adfd-198fbf7fadfb.jpg",300,300,false],"2048x2048":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4441-a35de3fc-6336-4cf0-adfd-198fbf7fadfb.jpg",300,300,false],"morenews-featured":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4441-a35de3fc-6336-4cf0-adfd-198fbf7fadfb.jpg",300,300,false],"morenews-large":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4441-a35de3fc-6336-4cf0-adfd-198fbf7fadfb.jpg",300,300,false],"morenews-medium":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4441-a35de3fc-6336-4cf0-adfd-198fbf7fadfb.jpg",300,300,false],"crawlomatic_preview_image":["http:\/\/ft365.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4441-a35de3fc-6336-4cf0-adfd-198fbf7fadfb-146x146.jpg",146,146,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"henry","author_link":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/author\/henry\/"},"category_info":"Uncategorized<\/a>","tag_info":"Uncategorized","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ft365.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}