Star Health receives $68,000 ransom demand after customer confidential data leak
By
Binu Mathew
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.