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Hackers using stolen insurance documents to tailor ransomware demands
Cyber criminals are using stolen insurance documents to extort the maximum ransom from their victims, with one such group declaring, ‘we are very well informed and precise in our operations, so we know that Wootton have cyber insurance that reaches £500k’
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Hackers using stolen insurance documents to tailor ransomware demands
Cyber criminals are using stolen insurance documents to extort the maximum ransom from their victims, with one such group declaring, ‘we are very well informed and precise in our operations, so we know that Wootton have cyber insurance that reaches £500k’
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Briefing: Brokers have ‘big inertia’ around cross-selling – but terminology shift could support soft market retention strategies
Hackers using stolen insurance documents to tailor ransomware demands
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