The underlying message to all insurance carriers is that they must make policy exclusions and conditions crystal clear to customers. Photo: Yurii Kibalnik/Adobe Stock The underlying message to all insurance carriers is that they must make policy exclusions and conditions crystal clear to customers. Photo: Yurii Kibalnik/Adobe Stock

In June 2017, a small vulnerability in a Ukrainian accounting software led to what was possibly one of the most destructive and damaging cyberattacks of all time — the NotPetya. One of its most notable victims was U.S.-based pharma giant Merck, which suffered nearly $870 million in damages and $400 million in lost sales as a direct consequence of the attack.

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