Mondelez Group, a US food distributor filed a lawsuit against its insurer, Zurich Insurance, for refusing compensation.
According to the claim, 1 700 computer servers and 24 000 laptops would have been infected by Notpetya malicious software.
Zurich Insurance had initially proposed a compensation of 10 million USD, but the insurer subsequently retracted, judging the attacks was "hostile or warlike action".
According to the Financial Times, Notpetya infiltrated the infrastructure of the American group in 2017 causing the destruction of the data and the disruption of the company's computer system. The damage would amount to 100 million USD.
This case is not without consequence for the insurance industry. It could set a precedent and result in compensating companies that are victims of data piracy.
As a reminder, NotPetya had infected many companies such as Merck, Reckitt, Benckiser and Maersk
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