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Monday, December 7, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Monday, December 7, 2020
Police launch investigation into hacking, ransoming of Shirbit insurance
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA police cybercrime unit has opened an investigation into the hacking of the Shirbit insurance company, which has led to the leak of numerous private documents of its clients.
The company has refused to pay the approximately $1 million ransom demanded by the hackers.
Today the hackers’ bitcoin account began to receive payments, indicating the group has begun selling the data as threatened, according to Hebrew media reports.
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