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Canadian Insurance Firm Hit By Maze Ransomware, Denies Data Theft

Andrew Agencies is a full-service insurance company with 125 employees and 18 locations based out of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, Canada. The company was attacked on October 21st, 2019 when the attackers breached their network and encrypted 245 computers. Maze Ransomware told BleepingComputer that the ransom amount was $1.1 million, or 150 bitcoins, at the time of the attack. Maze has been the only threat group that has released files when a victim chooses not to pay a ransom.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/canadian-insurance-firm-hit-by-maze-ransomware-denies-data-theft/

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