Despite tens of millions of revenue, a $230,000 ransomware fee has seemingly taken out one of Germany’s leading insurance firms.
As reported by Wa.de and Golem.de (via our friends at Tom’s Hardware), Einhaus Group was originally targeted back in 2023. Hacking group Royal reportedly told Einhaus Group founder Wilhelm Einhaus, “We’ve hacked you. All further information can be found on the dark web.”
After the hack, no computers or servers could boot, and all systems had been encrypted, including access to contracts, billing, and any stored communication. Royal reportedly asked for €200,000 (around $230,000) to get back access to the company’s computers.
The $230,000 was to be deposited in Bitcoin. Though Bitcoin is…

