DNA Insurance confirms cyber incident

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A number of phishing emails were sent from a staff member's account, and Ian Jacob, group chief risk officer of parent firm Aston Lark, says the breach was detected within minutes and no other accounts across the group were compromised.

Aston Lark-owned DNA Insurance Brokers has confirmed it has been the victim of a phishing attack.

In a communication seen by Insurance Age, the broker explained that a number of phishing emails had been sent from a staff member’s account. It urged recipients to delete the email without opening any attachments or links.

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Ian Jacob, group chief risk officer at Aston Lark, told Insurance Age: “In this case one email account has been hacked and the hacker got in and sent a number of emails

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