CNA insurance firm hit by a cyberattack, operations impacted

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    "Insurance giant CNA hit by new Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware...

    Insurance giant CNA has suffered a ransomware attack using a new variant called Phoenix CryptoLocker that is possibly linked to the Evil Corp hacking group...

    Sources familiar with the attack have told BleepingComputer that the threat actors deployed the ransomware on CNA's network on March 21, where it proceeded to encrypt over 15,000 devices on their network.

    BleepingComputer has learned that it also encrypted the computers of employees working remotely who were logged into the company's VPN at the time of the attack...

    There could be no better way to create a list of insured companies to target than to hack an insurer's network and steal policy information about their customers..."

    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...a-hit-by-new-phoenix-cryptolocker-ransomware/
     
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