All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 2 2024 // An American aviation executive has had British judgments worth more than $4 million against him thrown out after a judge ruled that his legal opponent had covered up its use of hackers to steal the businessman’s...
Apr 1 2024 // AT&T said it has begun notifying millions of customers about the theft of personal data recently discovered online.The telecommunications giant said Saturday that a dataset found on the “dark web” contains...
Apr 1 2024 // Innovation is at the heart of the human experience, with a constant stream of new ideas and inventions changing the way we conduct business. But seismic shifts in technology don’t come all at once, or even at a...
Apr 1 2024 // When it comes to artificial intelligence, more questions than answers keep underwriters from venturing into the space and lead to a lack of clarity, according to panelists at The Professional Liability Underwriting...
Apr 1 2024 // Privacy risk is so 2014, right? Ten years ago, numerous retail and healthcare companies were hit with data breaches related to the exposure of credit card or healthcare data. Given many data breach claims, which included...
Mar 28 2024 // The U.S. State Department on Wednesday offered up to $10 million for information on the “Blackcat” ransomware gang who hit the UnitedHealth Group’s tech unit and snarled insurance payments across...
Mar 28 2024 // UnitedHealth Group said on Wednesday it has advanced more than $3.3 billion in loans to care providers impacted by a cyberattack on the U.S. healthcare conglomerate’s tech unit last month.Earlier this month,...
Mar 28 2024 // Robert Purbeck, also known as “Lifelock,” and “Studmaster,” who hacked into the computer servers of the police department of Newnan, Georgia and a medical clinic in Griffin, Georgia, has pleaded...
Mar 27 2024 // A few years before a 2023 cyberattack disrupted manufacturing at one of the largest US producers of disinfectants ahead of flu season, an audit warned of systemic cybersecurity flaws within the company’s production...
Mar 27 2024 // The US Securities and Exchange Commission is asking tech and telecom companies how they handled the sprawling 2020 SolarWinds cyberattack, and drawing fire from the cybersecurity industry and big business for what they...
Mar 26 2024 // Hannover Re will combine its global business in the areas of cyber and digital, creating a new specialty reinsurance business unit, effective April 1, 2024.Hannover Re said the new business unit aims to enhance Hannover...
Mar 25 2024 // Marsh, the insurance broker, risk adviser and a unit of Marsh McLennan, announced the creation of Edgware Re Ltd., a group captive insurance company for organizations seeking more control and stability in their cyber...
Mar 25 2024 // It’s every cryptocurrency project’s nightmare: Well-resourced hackers — perhaps backed by a rogue state like North Korea — strike out of nowhere, dismantling cyber defenses and making off with millions of...
Mar 25 2024 // UnitedHealth Group said on Friday its Change Healthcare unit will start to process the medical claims backlog of more than $14 billion as it resumes some software services disrupted by a cyberattack last month.The company...
Mar 22 2024 // A systemic event and the threat it could pose to insurers’ portfolios is not the million dollar question, but perhaps the billion dollar question, according to Norman Niami, immediate past chairperson and member of...
Mar 21 2024 // Boston-based cyber risk management firm CyberSaint reports it has raised $21 million in Series A funding led by Riverside Acceleration Capital.Additional participating investors include Sage Hill Investors, Audeo Capital,...
Mar 21 2024 // In an inaugural EY/Institute of International Finance (IIF) global insurance risk management survey, cybersecurity was ranked as the highest concern for chief risk officers.CROs surveyed said the top five risk types or...
Mar 21 2024 // The U.S. government is warning state governors that foreign hackers are carrying out disruptive cyberattacks against water and sewage systems throughout the country.In a letter released Tuesday, National Security Advisor...
Mar 20 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at re/insurer Sompo and the re/insurance broker BMS.A summary of these new hires follows here. Sompo Promotes Allen as CUO of Global Markets Commercial...
Mar 19 2024 // When it comes to artificial intelligence, more questions than answers keep underwriters from venturing into the space and lead to a lack of clarity, according to panelists at The Professional Liability Underwriting...