Ransomware takes payments platform BridgePay offline
BridgePay confirmed a ransomware attack was behind its outage.
- Service
- BridgePay
- Date
- 7 February 2026
- Cause
- Cyberattack
- Duration
- Not stated or multi-day
- Status
- resolved
- Severity
- major
- Region
- Global
- Source
- CM Alliance ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Ransomware takes payments platform BridgePay offline”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 7 Feb 2026. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2026-02-07-bridgepay-outage/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: CM Alliance, https://www.cm-alliance.com/cybersecurity-blog/february-2026-recent-cyber-attacks-data-breaches-ransomware-attacks.
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