Jersey-headquartered insurance company Ardonagh Group has suffered a potential ransomware infection.
Informed sources whispered to The Register that the insurance firm had been forced to suspend 200 internal accounts with admin privileges as the "cyber incident" progressed through its IT estate.
The UK's second largest privately owned insurance broker, according to the Financial Times, Ardonagh Group has spent the year to date acquiring other companies.
The timing of the most recent attack is unfortunate: Ardonagh recently published its financials, showing a loss of £94.m, according to insurance ardonagh group disabled admin accounts ransomware infection
