Guardrisk stresses that the exposure of the binder holder does not mean its own systems were breached. (Image source: iStock) Guardrisk has moved to distance itself from the MIP Holdings cyber breach, saying neither it nor parent company Momentum Group has any exposure to the technology provider. In a statement to ITWeb, the insurer says…
More than three months after attackers took the personal information of insurance customers from software supplier MIP Holdings, the Information Regulator is still trying to establish how many insurers and policyholders were affected – and it is working that out with MIP, not the insurers. In a written response to questions from TechCentral, the regulator…
The criminal group behind the June breach at MIP Holdings is now extorting South African insurers directly after taking a ransom payment from the software supplier in exchange for an undertaking to destroy the stolen data. Some of the data has now been published online. TechCentral has reviewed material on a dark web leak site…
The dark web is a hidden part of the internet that isn’t indexed by standard search engines. Cyber crime group “The Gentlemen” has dumped data allegedly stolen from insurer Hollard on the dark web, escalating the fallout from a June cyber attack on its third-party technology provider, MIP Group. ITWeb understands the group demanded a…
MIP Holdings has confirmed the breach, which it says happened in June. (Image source: iStock) Insurer Hollard has rejected claims that its IT systems were hacked, saying a threat actor’s allegations stem from a cyber incident at a third-party service provider. This, after a threat actor called “The Gentlemen” claimed on the dark web that…
