Star Health receives $68,000 ransom demand after customer confidential data leak | Mint

Star Health and Allied Insurance Co. Ltd. announced on Saturday, October 12, that the company had received an asking ransom demand of $68,000 to provide access to confidential customer data leaked on October 9, according to the company’s BSE filing. 

“The incident involved a series of emails received by Star Health senior executives, in which the Threat Actor claimed unauthorized and illegal access to the customer confidential data and demanded a ransom amount of USD 68,000,” said the company in the exchange filing. 

Star Health and Allied Insurance shares closed 3.41 per cent lower at ₹547.85 after Friday’s trading session, compared to ₹567.20 at the previous market close. The company released the information related to the ransom amount on Saturday afternoon.