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.