Cognizant accuses Infosys of data theft, files lawsuit in US court

Infosys denied allegations and stated will defend in court

BENGALURU: Cognizant’s subsidiary, TriZetto, has filed a lawsuit against Infosys in a US federal court, accusing the Bengaluru-based company of stealing trade secrets and proprietary information related to healthcare insurance software.

Infosys has denied all allegations and stated that it will defend itself vigorously in court.

The lawsuit, filed in a Texas federal court, alleges that Infosys unlawfully accessed data from TriZetto’s software products—Facets and QNXT—and used this information to develop and market a competing product.

Used by healthcare insurance cos

Cognizant’s offerings, including TriZetto’s Facets and QNXT, are widely used by healthcare insurance companies for automating tasks. Cognizant, headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, has a significant number of employees based in India.

According to the lawsuit, Infosys is accused of misusing TriZetto’s software to create “Test Cases for Facets,” which allegedly involved repackaging TriZetto’s data into an Infosys product.

Infosys extracted data

Additionally, Infosys is said to have developed software to extract data from QNXT, which purportedly contained confidential TriZetto information.

Notably, this week Cognizant appointed Rajesh Varrier, a former Infosys executive, as its global head of operations and India Chairman and Managing Director, succeeding Rajesh Nambiar, who is set to become the president of Nasscom.

Cognizant’s CEO, Ravi Kumar S, is also an Infosys veteran, having spent 20 years at the Bengaluru-based firm, including serving as President from January 2016 to October 2022.