All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 22 2019 // A health system that serves western North Carolina has contacted an undisclosed number of people about a data breach involving its e-commerce website.The Citizen-Times reports Mission Health said it recently...
Oct 22 2019 // Reinsurers are aware they must constantly invent new solutions in order to stay relevant for their clients. Yet, they admit they are sometimes challenged to close the protection gap for new and emerging risks such as...
Oct 22 2019 // Chubb has enhanced its proprietary Chubb Cyber Index with upgraded features designed to help identify a range of global cyber threats based on an organization’s industry and size. The new tool also offers cost...
Oct 18 2019 // The city of Baltimore is set to purchase $20 million in cyber insurance coverage, five months after an attack hobbled its computer network.The city’s Board of Estimates on Wednesday approved the purchase of two $10...
Oct 16 2019 // Great American Insurance Group has launched an admitted cyber risk insurance product, the Risk e-Business Cyber Loss & Liability Insurance Policy featuring two insuring agreements and only 13 exclusions. According to...
Oct 15 2019 // The National Security Agency is normally so secretive that its creation was classified, leading to the nickname “No Such Agency.”But in a move that surely caused hand-wringing and murmurs among the...
Oct 14 2019 // An Alabama hospital chain that quit accepting new patients after a malware attack crippled computer systems said it has resumed normal operations after paying a ransom demand.The DCH Health System said its hospitals in the...
Oct 11 2019 // Cybersecurity is broken. It’s a bold statement, but given the increasing frequency of cyber breaches, along with the presence of more varied and evolving threats, there is growing uncertainty about the ability of the...
Oct 9 2019 // Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed eight individuals to Florida Cybersecurity Task Force, according to a statement from the governor’s office.The Florida Cybersecurity Task Force is tasked with reviewing and...
Oct 9 2019 // As the cyber insurance market continues to grow, it’s only natural to discuss its place in the battle against cyber-attacks, including ransomware, which has been a prevalent topic in recent months.Over the last...
Oct 8 2019 // CFC, a UK-based specialist insurance provider and pioneer in emerging risk, has expanded its in-house cyber incident response capabilities with the acquisition of Solis Security, an incident response provider headquartered...
Oct 8 2019 // As Cybersecurity Awareness Month is underway, it may be time for businesses – especially small- or mid-sized firms – to assess their understanding of current cyber risks and whether they’re adequately covered...
Oct 7 2019 // An Alabama hospital system that quit accepting new patients after a ransomware attack said Saturday it had gotten a key to unlock its computer systems.A statement from DCH Health Systems didn’t say how the...
Oct 7 2019 // Corvus Insurance, a provider of AI-driven commercial insurance, has updated its cyber underwriting model to reward highly protected organizations with higher limits for Social Engineering and Cyber Crime coverage....
Oct 7 2019 // The North Carolina State Bar says it was the target of a ransomware attack this week. In a statement issued on Thursday, the organization says the attack late Monday infiltrated the network through a server and began...
Oct 4 2019 // Despite progress, carriers are still falling short in how they approach cyber insurance and also how they cover events when they happen.How can this be? The unique makeup of cyber risks continues to hold them back,...
Oct 3 2019 // A hospital system that serves a large part of rural west Alabama temporarily quit accepting new patients after a ransomware attack crippled some of its computer systems Tuesday.Brad Fisher, a spokesman for DCH Health...
Oct 1 2019 // Cyber-attacks are named as the leading risk for business executives in the United States, Canada and Europe, according to a survey of business leaders published by the World Economic Forum, in partnership with Zurich...
Oct 1 2019 // Dunkin’ Donuts violated state law by not notifying almost 20,000 customers, including more than 2,000 in New York, about cyberattacks on their accounts in 2015 and inadequately warning more than 300,000 customers in...
Oct 1 2019 // Cyber risks are the top concern among businesses of all sizes.Of the 1,200 business leaders who participated in an insurer-sponsored survey, 55% said they worry some or a great deal about cyber risks, ahead of medical cost...