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 “system-wide service disruption.” The firm is working with cybersecurity professionals and US authorities, including the FBI and the US Secret Service forensic team, to investigate the incident. BridgePay Network Solutions said an 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. “At this time, there is no evidence of usable data exposure,” it said in a statement on February 6 The company stated that it cannot provide a definitive timeline for full recovery…