Insurers 'funding organised crime' by paying ransomware claims | Malware
Insurers ‘funding organised crime’ by paying ransomware claims | Malware News Highlights: Insurers ‘funding organised crime’ by paying ransomware claims | Malware. Insurers inadvertently fund organized crime by paying out claims from companies that paid ransom money to regain access to data and systems after a hacking attack, warns the former UK cybersecurity official. Ciaran Martin, who headed the National Cyber Security Center until August last year, said he feared the so-called ransomware “getting out of hand” and that there was a risk of NHS systems being affected during...
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