Data Breach Today

MAY 25, 2021

based insurance firm One Call says its systems were disrupted by a ransomware attack May 13 and it's still working to restore them. Local Newspaper Says DarkSide Gang Suspected to Be Involved The U.K.-based A local newspaper, citing unnamed sources, says the DarkSide gang is suspected of being involved.

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MAY 28, 2021

Also: Debating the Issue of Banning Ransom Payments In this week's panel discussion, four editors at Information Security Media Group discuss cyber insurance, persistent ransomware attacks and whether ransom payments should be banned.

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Expect to See Extortion and Social Engineering Attacks Excluded From More Policies Are insurers getting cold feet over covering losses to ransomware?

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Also: Ransomware Gang Leaks Negotiation Chat With Technical Detail About Attack The stark consequences of ransomware became painfully clear in Australia this week as attackers began releasing data from health insurer Medibank. Also, leaked chat logs reveal how the attackers accessed Medibank's systems.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2023

Non-profit health insurer Point32Health suffered a ransomware attack and has taken systems offline in response to the incident. Non-profit health insurer Point32Health has taken systems offline in response to a ransomware attack that took place on April 17. ” reads the statement published by the insurer.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 1, 2021

As ransomware becomes more common, I’m seeing more discussions about the ethics of paying the ransom. Here’s one more contribution to that issue: a research paper that the insurance industry is hurting more than it’s helping. However, the most pressing challenge currently facing the industry is ransomware.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A Ransomware Group Has Given Medibank 24 Hours to Pay. Who is attempting to extort Australian health insurer Medibank, why did Medibank tell its attackers it wouldn't pay a ransom and will this deter future cyber extortionists? But Medibank Says it Won't. Here are a few thoughts on the high cybercrime drama playing out.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 27, 2021

Banning Ransom Payments and Unleashing Offensive Hacking Teams Being Mooted With ransomware continuing to fuel a massive surge in illicit profits, some experts have been calling on governments to launch offensive hacking teams to target cybercrime cartels.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Companies victimized by ransomware and firms that facilitate negotiations with ransomware extortionists could face steep fines from the U.S. While it may seem unlikely that companies victimized by ransomware might somehow be able to know whether their extortionists are currently being sanctioned by the U.S. Image: Shutterstock.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 21, 2022

Lynn Peachey, the director of business development at Arete Incident Response, says that insurance companies have made "a pretty quick turnaround in terms of trying to respond to the ransomware epidemic." She discusses the changes they are making, which include leveraging data quantification.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2021

PrismHR , a company that sells technology used by other firms to help more than 80,000 small businesses manage payroll, benefits, and human resources, has suffered what appears to be an ongoing ransomware attack that is disrupting many of its services. Hopkinton, Mass.-based PrismHR has not yet responded to requests for comment.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 14, 2020

NASDAQ:RCM ], one of the nation’s largest medical debt collection companies, has been hit in a ransomware attack. R1 RCM acknowledged taking down its systems in response to a ransomware attack, but otherwise declined to comment for this story. R1 RCM Inc. Formerly known as Accretive Health Inc. billion in 2019.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 11, 2022

Kelly Butler Says Underwriting Requirements Are Becoming More Strict Cyber insurance can defray costs associated with data breaches and ransomware attacks.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 29, 2021

Some of the world’s top tech firms are backing a new industry task force focused on disrupting cybercriminal ransomware gangs by limiting their ability to get paid, and targeting the individuals and finances of the organized thieves behind these crimes. ” A proposed framework for a public-private operational ransomware campaign.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers recently published lessons learned from the disruptive and costly ransomware attack in May 2021 on Ireland’s public health system. The unusually candid post-mortem found that nearly two months elapsed between the initial intrusion and the launching of the ransomware.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 24, 2023

Company Executive Hopes Insurance Will Help Cover Most Costs Hospital chain CommonSpirit has upped its estimate on the financial toll incurred by a ransomware incident last fall that disrupted IT systems and patient services at some of its facilities for weeks.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 27, 2020

Maze Gang Claims Insurer Is a Victim, Emsisoft Reports Switzerland-based global insurance firm Chubb acknowledges that it's investigating a "security incident." Meanwhile, the Maze ransomware gang is claiming Chubb is its latest victim, according to researchers at the security firm Emsisoft.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2021

Insurance giant CNA notifies customers of a data breach after the Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware attack suffered in March. US insurance giant CNA is notifying customers of a data breach after the ransomware attack that it suffered in March. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 2, 2021

Universal Health Services' Financial Statement Spells Out the Effects In an eye-opening look at the cost burden of a ransomware attack, Universal Health Services reports that an incident last September had a $67 million economic impact - citing, for example, the need to divert patients to competing facilities for urgent care.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 31, 2020

Coverage Required Because Attack Caused 'Physical Loss or Damage' A federal judge has ruled that an insurer providing a "business owner's insurance policy" to a company that sustained a ransomware attack and was forced to replace most of its IT infrastructure must pay for the damages the security incident caused.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 24, 2021

GAO Report Summarizes Market Trends The increasing number of cyberthreats, especially ransomware attacks, is leading some cyber insurers to raise premiums and limit some coverage in hard-hit sectors, such as healthcare and education, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Recently emerged HardBit ransomware gang adjusts their demands so the insurance company would cover the ransom cost. The HardBit ransomware group first appeared on the threat landscape in October 2022, but unlike other ransomware operations, it doesn’t use a double extortion model at this time. Very important!

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 31, 2023

Increased Competition and Capital Suggest Softening Market, Says Marsh Executive Premiums for cyber insurance have climbed sharply along with global rates of ransomware. But signs of increased competition and capital inflows suggest the cyber insurance market may be softening, Marsh executive Sara Stephens told a U.K.

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Threatpost

JUNE 1, 2021

Companies relying on their cyber-insurance policies to pay off ransomware criminals are being blamed for a recent uptick in ransomware attacks.

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Justices Rule Against Software Developer in Bid to Use Insurance to Cover Attack An Ohio software developer that attempted to use business insurance to pay for a 2019 ransomware attack was stymied by the Ohio Supreme Court.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Gallagher (AJG) insurance giant disclosed a ransomware attack, the security breach took place on Saturday. Gallagher (AJG) global insurance brokerage firm confirmed that it was his with a ransomware attack on Saturday, September 26. US-based Arthur J. The company is currently ranked 429 on the Fortune 500 list.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2023

After the recent ransomware attack, Point32Health disclosed a data breach that impacted 2.5 In April, the non-profit health insurer Point32Health took systems offline in response to a ransomware attack that took place on April 17. ” As of the time of writing, no ransomware group has taken responsibility for the attack. .”

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2019

PerCSoft , a Wisconsin-based company that manages a remote data backup service relied upon by hundreds of dental offices across the country, is struggling to restore access to client systems after falling victim to a ransomware attack. The ransomware attack hit PerCSoft on the morning of Monday, Aug. West Allis, Wis.-based

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 7, 2019

A Colorado company that specializes in providing IT services to dental offices suffered a ransomware attack this week that is disrupting operations for more than 100 dentistry practices, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. When asked about reports of a ransomware attack on his company, Miner simply said it was not a good time and hung up.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For any organization struck by ransomware , business leaders always ask “how do we decrypt the data ASAP, so we can get back in business?”. The good news is that ransomware files can be decrypted. What can be done to recover from ransomware attacks when backups are not available? Insured companies often will not have options.

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Dark Reading

MAY 24, 2021

A global insurance carrier refuses to write new ransomware policies in France, while insurers rewrite policies. Are we heading toward a day when ransomware incidents become uninsurable?

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Vishaal Hariprasad Also Address How Ransomware Is Changing Security On Aug. 25, President Joe Biden invited about 25 technology, insurance, finance and education executives to the White House to discuss pressing cybersecurity issues such as supply chain and critical infrastructure.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 26, 2019

After Struggling With Recovery, City Negotiates a Ransom Payment A second small city in Florida is paying off cybercriminals to recover from a ransomware attack that crippled the municipality's local network. How much did Lake City agree to pay, and how much of that was covered by insurance?

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2020

Organizations in the throes of cleaning up after a ransomware outbreak typically will change passwords for all user accounts that have access to any email systems, servers and desktop workstations within their network. VCPI) was hit by the Ryuk ransomware strain. In mid-November 2019, Wisconsin-based Virtual Care Provider Inc.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Security Experts Express Skepticism That Criminals Would Bother Do criminal organizations prefer to target organizations that hold cyber insurance policies? A ProPublica report suggests that because cyber insurance policyholders are more likely to pay ransoms, they're a more frequent target.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2022

The first signs of the ransomware attack at data storage vendor Spectra Logic were reports from a number of IT staffers about little things going wrong at the beginning of the day. Screens then started to display a ransom demand, which said files had been encrypted by the NetWalker ransomware virus. Cyber Insurer Provides Help.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

SamSam, Dharma, GandCrab and Global Imposter Make for Ongoing Bitcoin Paydays Criminals wielding crypto-locking ransomware - especially Dharma/CrySiS, GandCrab and Global Imposter, but also SamSam - continue to attack.

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