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The post outlined that the information stolen included customers’ personally identifiable information, medical records and claims. It also included ID and passport screenshots, bank documents, hospital bills and patient medical records.
At the beginning of May, AXA announced it would stop writing cyber insurance policies in France that reimburse customers for extortion payments made to ransomware criminals, as reported by the
AP. It said it was suspending the option in response to concerns from French justice and cyber security officials on the increase of ransomware globally.
This ransomware attack follows the Colonial Pipeline incident in the US that occurred last week, where the Georgia-based company reportedly paid a $5 million ransom in virtually untraceable cryptocurrency to try and fix its computer systems after being targeted by DarkSide. The hackers sent the firm a decryption tool to fix its systems but this was apparently too s
Dept of Health unsuccessfully targeted in same attack against hospitals
Gareth Corfield Mon 17 May 2021 // 15:37 UTC Share
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In brief The murky world of ransomware criminals is all aflutter after it was revealed that Ireland s health services were hit by a second attack hot on the heels of one that took out its hospitals, while ransomware insurance refusenik Axa was itself hit with ransomware after its French branch vowed to stop buying off criminals on behalf of its customers.
French-headquartered insurance company Axa suffered ransomware attacks against four of its subsidiaries in east Asia, according to the
Financial Times. Axa Partners Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Philippines operations were recently the victim of a targeted attack, said the firm in a statement to the newspaper.
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Axa UK & Ireland appoints general counsel
Axa UK & Ireland has announced the appointment of Emily Coupland as general counsel. She will be succeeding Edward Davis who is retiring after 27 years with the business.
Davis has now been appointed as a director of the Axa UK pension scheme.
Coupland joins from Axa Partners, where she has held the position of general secretary for five years. Prior to this, she spent fifteen years
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