India, Oct. 21 -- The Bombay High Court has granted urgent ad-interim relief to Generali Central Life Insurance Company Limited, after it suffered a cyber-attack, which compromised its confidential data. The company has been targeted by the Medusa ransomware group, a highly active malware that pressures firms into paying ransom by threatening to publicly release sensitive data and ruin their reputations. Generali's data includes information about its business as well as personal information of its customers.

The court on Thursday directed the central government to immediately restrain the possible dissemination of its confidential data, compromised during the ransomware incident. The single-judge bench of Justice Arif Doctor was hearing ...