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Hackers using stolen insurance documents to tailor ransomware demands

Strategic-Risk-Global • November 21, 2025

Cyber criminals are using stolen insurance documents to extort the maximum ransom from their victims, with one such group declaring, ‘we are very well informed and precise in our operations, so we know that Wootton have cyber insurance that reaches £500k’

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Hackers using stolen insurance documents to tailor ransomware demands

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