CNA legal filings lift the curtain on a Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware attack

Two months after fully restoring its systems, CNA Financial, the leading US insurance company that was attacked by a group using Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware, issued a legal notice of an information security incident to the Consumer Protection Bureau in New Hampshire. You may recall that Phoen...

Insurance Firm CNA Financial Reportedly Paid Hackers $40 Million in Ransom

U.S. insurance company CNA Financial reportedly paid $40 million to a ransomware group to regain access to its systems after a cyberattack in March, marking one of the largest known ransom payments to date. The payment was first reported by Bloomberg, which cited people familiar with the incident...