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...

Insurance Giant CNA Hit with Novel Ransomware Attack

A novel ransomware attack forced insurance giant CNA to take systems offline and temporarily shutter its website. The attack occurred earlier this week and leveraged a new variant of the Phoenix CryptoLocker malware. The Chicago-based company—the seventh largest commercial insurance provider in t...