Aflac says it stopped attack launched by ‘sophisticated cybercrime group’ | The Record from Recorded Future News (therecord.media)

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[-] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 3 points 21 hours ago

Why make a press release about a successful defense?

"The intrusion was stopped “within hours” and no business functions were affected by ransomware, Aflac said. But the company admitted that there were files stolen during the incident and said officials are determining the total number of affected individuals."

Ah.

Perhaps because it wasn't competely successful, but there's hope to get out in front of the news with some positive spin?

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