Ransomware hacking isn’t tantamount to a physical attack, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled, meaning a software developer can’t use its property insurance to cover losses. A unanimous ruling Tuesday from the court’s seven justices sided with Lansing, Michigan-based Owners Insurance Company against greater Dayton medical billing software maker EMOI. Owners Insurance Company, a property and […]
Stop the presses: Britain’s Guardian newspaper publishing group has been hit by a “serious IT incident,” believed to involve ransomware, that appears to have encrypted numerous systems. The Guardian’s systems began to get disrupted Tuesday night. While the precise details of this attack are still coming to light, security experts say the timing of the […]
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses why it is always a bad idea for organizations to pay hackers for data deletion, practical steps organizations can and should take to avoid being at the heart of a data subject complaint, and the latest efforts to tackle the ransomware threat. In this report, you’ll […]
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