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Ellen Jennings-Trace

India’s biggest health insurer gets ransomware following data breach

Security attack.

Indian health insurer Star Health says it has received an email containing a ransom of $68,000 following a "targeted malicious cyberattack". The attack allegedly resulted in the leak of personal data of up to 31 million Star Health policy holders and over 5.8 million insurance claims.

The health organization confirmed that the cyberattack resulted in "unauthorized and illegal access to certain data" including full names, postal addresses, phone numbers, medical reports, and insurance claims.

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