Large insurance company paid $40M in ransom after March cyberattack: Report

Published May 20, 2021 12:00am ET



One of the largest insurance companies in the United States, CNA Financial, reportedly paid a ransom of $40 million in March to get access to its online network again after a cyberattack.

The company paid the hackers approximately two weeks after key parts of the company data were stolen in March and employees were locked out of their online network, Bloomberg reported.

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