The Bombay High Court has granted urgent ad‑interim relief to Generali Central Life Insurance Company following a ransomware attack allegedly carried out by a hacker group identifying itself as “Medusa,” according to Bar & Bench.

Justice Arif S Doctor, on October 16, directed the Union of India, through the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and other authorities, to immediately block and disable all accounts, domain names, and communication channels linked to the data breach.

“The gravity of the consequences that may follow if the applicant’s confidential data is made public or traded is overwhelming. The balance of convenience is clearly in favour of the applicant for the grant of ad-interim relief,” the court was quoted as in the report.

Generali informed the court that the hacke

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