Cybersecurity
Liberty Refused to Pay Ransom After Computer Systems Hacked
- Insurer has made no concessions to outside hacker, CEO says
- Liberty shares fall the most in more than two months
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Liberty Holdings Ltd., the South African insurer midway through an overhaul to improve profit, said it refused a ransom demand after hackers breached its information-technology infrastructure and accessed some emails. The stock fell the most since April 4.
“We did engage with the external parties involved to determine their intentions, but we made no concession in the face of this attempted extortion,” Liberty Chief Executive Officer David Munro said Sunday in Johannesburg. “Liberty is at an advanced stage of investigating the extent of the data breach, which at this stage, seems to be largely emails and possibly attachments.”