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

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 the leaked confidential customer data and medical records, 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.