Health insurance company Mutuelle Nationale Des Hospitaliers (MNH) suffered a ransomware attack that has disrupted the company's operations.
Health insurance company Mutuelle Nationale Des Hospitaliers (MNH) suffered a ransomware attack that has disrupted the company's operations.
French health insurance company MNH provides health insurance services and plans focused on the health sector.
The mnh.fr website displays a notice stating that it has been affected by a cyberattack that began on February 5. The computer systems and telephone platform are unavailable since the attack.
The MNH website is used by members to create insurance quotes or to regulate service and benefits.
“Our websites (mnh.fr, members' area, corresponding and elected extranets), as well as our telephone platform (3031), are temporarily unavailable. The processing times for your requests are extended," states Gérard Vuidepot, CEO of MNH, in the notice on the MNH website.
According to BleepingComputer, an independent security researcher shared a Tor web page that acts as a ransom negotiation page for the MNH attack that links to the mnh.fr website. The page declares how the threat actors will negotiate with the company and also warns MNH to employ a protonmail account when negotiating and not reaching the police, or the police will seize their bank accounts.
The site offers the ability to send a single email to the ransomware gang and perform test decryption of a single file.
According to BleepingComputer this Tor site belongs to RansomExx, a rebranded version of the Defray777 ransomware operation.
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