Axa insurance offshoots pwned as Ireland reveals second ransomware hit

Axa insurance offshoots pwned as Ireland reveals second ransomware hit

Roundup The murky world of ransomware criminals is all aflutter after it was revealed that Ireland's health services were hit by a second attack hot on the heels of one that took out its hospitals, while ransomware insurance refusenik Axa was itself hit with ransomware after its French branch vowed to stop buying off criminals on behalf of its customers.


French-headquartered insurance company Axa suffered ransomware attacks against four of its subsidiaries in east Asia, according to the Financial Times. Axa Partners' Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Philippines operations were "recently the victim of a targeted attack," said the firm in a statement to the newspaper.


A fortnight ago Axa HQ in Paris had insurance offshoots pwned ireland reveals second ransomware