Underwriting agency ProRisk hit by cyber attack

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Underwriting agency ProRisk hit by cyber attack
June 13, 2019
https://insurancenews.com.au/daily/underwriting-agency-hit-by-cyber-attack

Underwriting agency ProRisk has been hit by a serious cyber attack, forcing a shutdown of systems for several days.
Executive Director Hamish McDonald-Nye told insuranceNEWS.com.au today that a phishing attempt seeded malware onto the company’s network at the weekend, and the system was shut down to isolate the issue and protect client data.

“Malware is developing all the time and what we appear to have is something very, very new. It is a tough call to make, but we enacted a controlled shutdown to limit any spread.
“We would like to assure the market that based on our investigations to date it is apparent that no client information has been compromised.”

Specialist motor underwriting agency Armada, which Mr McDonald-Nye also runs, has been affected, but to a lesser extent.
“ProRisk and Armada invested heavily in information security, which is why we were able to identify the incident at the earliest opportunity and act to isolate it so quickly.
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