Data Privacy
Oct. 14, 2024
Insurer sues software company over former employee's blackmail scheme
When the former software company worker failed to get a response from his employer, he turned to one of their clients, threatening to release the sensitive information of customers.
American National Insurance Company accused Persistent Systems Inc., a software engineering company, of cyber negligence after a former Persistent employee allegedly launched a monthslong harassment campaign that included threats to release the confidential information of 78 of the insurer's customers.
According to the complaint, filed on Oct. 4 in Santa Clara County, Aashish Arora, a former Persistent employee who was terminated in October 2019, began contacting American Nat...
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