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Maryland Court Finds Coverage for Lost Data and Slow Computers After Ransomware Attack

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Dissent

Seen on Hunton Andrews Kurth’s blog,

As previously posted on our Hunton Insurance Recovery blog, a Maryland federal court awarded summary judgment to policyholder National Ink in National Ink and Stitch, LLC v. State Auto Property and Casualty Insurance Company, finding coverage for a cyber attack under a non-cyber insurance policy after the insured’s server and networked computer system were damaged as a result of a ransomware attack. This is significant because it demonstrates that insureds can obtain insurance coverage for cyber attacks even if they do not have a specific cyber insurance policy.

Read more on Privacy & Information Security Law Blog.


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