Latest Cyber Headlines

All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Markets/Coverages: Mosaic Raises Cyber Capacity to US$25M in Canadian Market

Dec 23 2025 // Mosaic Insurance will increase its cyber-risk capacity to US$25 million/C$40 million per risk in Canada, effective January 1, 2026, allowing the specialty insurer to meet rising demand across all provinces and...

China’s Kuaishou Shares Fall to Near Five-Week Low After Livestreaming Cyberattack

Dec 23 2025 // Shares of Kuaishou dropped by as much as 6% on Tuesday to HK$62.70 ($8.06), their lowest since November 21, after the Chinese short video platform was hit by a cyberattack on Monday night.The stock is set for its biggest...

South Korea Online Retailer Coupang Faces US Securities Class Action Over Data Breach

Dec 23 2025 // South Korean e-commerce company Coupang has been sued in a U.S. court in an investor class action alleging violations of securities laws after a cybersecurity breach exposed personal information of more than 33 million...

Cyberattack Hits French Postal Service, Delaying Mail Deliveries

Dec 23 2025 // A suspected cyberattack disrupted services provided by French postal service La Poste on Monday, delaying package deliveries and online payment systems during the holiday season.The company said in a statement that a...

AI, Cyber Insurance and Climate Change Are Key Insurance Themes for 2026: GlobalData

Dec 22 2025 // Artificial intelligence (AI), cyber insurance, and climate change/natural catastrophes are the three themes that will have the biggest impact on the insurance market in 2026, according to an annual prediction from...

UK Suspects Chinese Involvement in Foreign Office Cyberattack

Dec 22 2025 // The UK Foreign Office was hacked in October in an attack that British officials suspect was carried out by Chinese state-backed actors.The breach was first reported by the Sun newspaper, which said that a Beijing-linked...

People Moves: Markel Int’l Taps AXIS’ Howell as Senior War and Terrorism Underwriter; Tokio Marine Kiln Appoints Jackson From Liberty as Cyber Underwriter

Dec 18 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Markel Insurance and Tokio Marine Kiln.A summary of these new hires follows here. Markel Int’l Taps AXIS’ Howell as Senior War and Terrorism...

Google Sues Chinese ‘Darcula’ Group Over Alleged Phishing Scheme

Dec 18 2025 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google filed a lawsuit against alleged Chinese cybercriminals, accusing the group of orchestrating a vast phishing campaign designed to dupe Americans into turning over their credit card numbers.The...

Passenger Ferry Held for Hours After Suspected Russian Hack

Dec 17 2025 // European investigators are probing whether Russian military hackers breached computer systems on a vessel owned by MSC-Mediterranean Shipping Company SA, the world’s largest container shipping group, according to...

Hacking Group ‘ShinyHunters’ Claims Theft of Data From Users of Pornhub

Dec 17 2025 // The hacking group “ShinyHunters” said on Tuesday it has stolen data belonging to premium customers of the leading sex website Pornhub and is threatening to publish it.Although Reuters could not immediately...

Venezuela Says Oil Export System Down After Weekend Cyberattack

Dec 16 2025 // Venezuela’s state oil company is still struggling to restore key administrative systems after what it called a cyberattack that hit over the weekend.Petroleos de Venezuela SA’s network, which manages export and...

Trump Administration Turning to Private Firms in Cyber Offensive

Dec 15 2025 // President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to turn to private businesses to help mount offensive cyberattacks against foreign adversaries, according to people familiar with the matter, potentially expanding...

Coupang CEO Resigns After Online Retailer Hit by Massive Data Breach

Dec 11 2025 // South Korea’s biggest online retailer Coupang said on Wednesday that CEO Park Dae-jun has resigned, taking responsibility for a huge data breach at the company that has triggered a growing backlash in Asia’s...

OpenAI Warns New Models Pose ‘High’ Cybersecurity Risk

Dec 11 2025 // OpenAI on Wednesday warned that its upcoming artificial intelligence models could pose a “high” cybersecurity risk, as their capabilities advance rapidly.The AI models might either develop working zero-day...

Asahi Sales Drop Worsens as Cyber Hack Disruption Lingers

Dec 10 2025 // Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.’s November beer and other alcohol sales in Japan fell more than the previous month, underscoring the challenges the company faces in recovering from a cyberattack that crippled production...

Japan’s Cyber Chief Warns Nation Still Behind on Cybersecurity

Dec 10 2025 // Japan still lags behind the US and Europe in defending against cyber threats and improvements are needed across the corporate sector, the nation’s new cyber chief said.“We have our intention to improve our...

New Jersey Joins States Creating Volunteer Cybersecurity Corps

Dec 8 2025 // New Jersey is joining a number of other states in launching a volunteer cybersecurity force to support government entities, infrastructure providers, and community organizations across the state prevent and recover from...

Apple, Google Send New Round of Cyber Threat Notifications to Users

Dec 8 2025 // Apple and Google have sent a new round of cyber threat notifications to users around the world, the companies said this week, announcing their latest effort to insulate customers against surveillance threats.Apple and the...

Longtime WTW Cyber Risk Leader Heads to Marsh

Dec 5 2025 // Marsh this week announced it has hired Tom Srail its cyber analytics and digital infrastructure leader for the U.S. and Canada.Srail had spend the last 21 years with WTW, mostly recently as executive vice president of its...

Viewpoint: Healthcare Cyber Insurance at an Inflection Point

Dec 5 2025 // The cyber insurance market is reaching an inflection point where underwriting companies must differentiate healthcare from other industries in how the risk is evaluated, priced, and how claims are managed.Healthcare cyber...