In crosshairs of ransomware crooks, cyber insurers struggle | News, Sports, Jobs | #cybersecurity | #cyberattack | #education | #technology | #infosec

BOSTON (AP) — In the past few weeks, ransomware criminals claimed as trophies at least three North American insurance brokerages that offer policies to help others survive the very network-paralyzing, data-pilfering extortion attacks they themselves apparently suffered. Cybercriminals who hack into corporate and government networks to steal sensitive data for…