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A notorious hackers’ group called The Black Shadow has compromised one of the largest insurance companies in Israel – Shirbit.The attackers have already released sensitive client documents and have demanded a ransom in bitcoin, which could rise to $4 million by the end of the week.Israeli Insurance Company Hacked
According to a local media outlet, the first confirmation of the hack came on Monday evening.Representatives of The Black Shadow group posted an initial batch of compromised documents on a Telegram channel.
Shirbit had contacted the National Cyber Directorate and Capital Market Authority to open an investigation.Shortly after, the organizations confirmed the breach and indicated that the hackers have also leaked numerous insurance details, alongside the initial documents.
According to the report, Shirbit has many high-profile customers, including government employees.Company CEO Zvi Leibushor said that the safety of its clients is Shirbit’s top priority.
“Shirbit has invested millions of shekels in securing databases and protecting against cyber-attacks and meets all the stringent regulatory requirements in this area.” He added that the firm has invested “all resources and efforts needed for an effective safe and rapid solution to this cyber-attack, whose real goal is to try to harm the Israeli economy.” Demand Requested In Bitcoin
After releasing a small part of the compromised documents, The Black Shadow reps have contacted the victims to request 50 bitcoins (about $960,000 with today’s prices).
However, in case Shirbit failed to pay the attackers within the first 24 hours, the demand would double to 100 bitcoins.
The procedure will repeat and double to 200 bitcoins if another 24 hours pass without payment.
Furthermore, the hackers threatened the insurance company that if it fails to transfer the funds by the end of this week, they will sell all compromised data to other bidders.
It’s worth noting that numerous other Israeli companies and high-profile individuals have recently become victims of similar hacks and demands.
CryptoPotato recently reported that 20 Israeli crypto executives, all clients of the local telecommunications giant Partner, were hacked by stealing their SMS messages.
Another coverage informed that a new type of ransomware attacked called Pay2Key has been executed against several Israeli companies in the second part of 2020.The perpetrators had requested the demand in bitcoins, similarly to the Shirbit hack.Share this: Hodlnaut Awarded $6,000 in Costs As Court Rejects Craig Wright’s Appeal Craig Wright, the self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto, has seen another failure in his ongoing legal battle against the popular cryptocurrency proponent going by the Twitter handle Hodlonaut.The Supreme Court in Norway rejected Wright’s jurisdiction appeal.
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