India, Nov. 1 -- The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted urgent ad-interim relief to Generali Central Insurance Company Ltd after it lost nearly 386.8 GB of confidential customer and company data to a cyber attack from 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.

The vacation bench of justice Farhan P Dubash directed the department of telecommunications and the ministry of electronics and information technology to take immediate steps to block, remove, and disable any online content, domain names, or communication channels found sharing Generali Central Insurance Company Ltd's stolen data.

A single judge bench ...