Latest Cyber Headlines

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

Scranton School District Reports Ransomware Attack

Mar 18 2024 // The Scranton, Pennsylvania school district has been experiencing computer outages due to a ransomware attack last week.“The attack is causing a temporary disruption to some of our computer systems and...

Hackers Roil Entire Industries With Attacks on IT Supply Chain

Mar 14 2024 // Across Paraguay, hackers knocked out online services provided by the foreign ministry and companies. In Sweden, they crippled the payroll and human resources systems of more than 100 government bodies, including the...

Class Action Lawsuits Pile Up Over UnitedHealth Data Breach

Mar 14 2024 // UnitedHealth Group has already been hit with at least six class action lawsuits accusing it of failing to protect millions of people’s personal data from last month’s hack of Change Healthcare, its payment...

Russian Hackers Are Weaponizing Stolen Microsoft Passwords

Mar 13 2024 // A Russian state-sponsored hacking group that stole sensitive data from Microsoft Corp. executives is trying to leverage that information to compromise the company’s source code and other internal systems, according...

Cancer Clinics Face Cash Crunch After Hack Rocks US Health Care

Mar 13 2024 // Doctors across the US are stretching to keep their practices afloat as a debilitating cyberattack on a once little-known company at the center of the health-care system continues to cause havoc.The Feb. 21 attack against...

Microsoft Warns Russian Hackers Still Trying to Break Into its Systems

Mar 11 2024 // Microsoft said on Friday that hackers linked to Russia’s foreign intelligence were trying again to break into its systems, using data stolen from corporate emails in January to gain new access to the tech giant whose...

‘Exit Scam’ – Hackers That Hit UnitedHealth Pull Disappearing Act

Mar 7 2024 // The hackers responsible for the breach at UnitedHealth Group appear to have pulled a disappearing act on Tuesday, leaving their cybercriminal associates in the lurch and replacing their old website with a bogus statement...

Chicago Children’s Hospital Restores Some Systems Following Cyberattack

Mar 6 2024 // CHICAGO (AP) — Doctors and nurses at a premier Chicago children’s hospital can again access patients’ electronic medical records, more than a month after a cyberattack forced Lurie Children’s Hospital...

People Moves: AXIS Taps SCOR’s Dejung as Global Cyber & Technology CUO; SiriusPoint Names 3 Key Leaders in Global Underwriting

Mar 5 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings and SiriusPoint.A summary of these new hires follows here. AXIS appoints Dejung as Global Cyber & Technology...

People Moves: Lockton Re Taps Lewis From Zurich to Lead Cyber Practice in N. America; Sedgwick Names Liberty Mutual’s Fink as Chief Marketing Officer

Mar 5 2024 // Lockton Re Taps Lewis From Zurich to Lead Cyber Practice in North AmericaLockton Re, the reinsurance business of independent insurance broker Lockton, announced that Brian Lewis has joined as senior broker leading the...

Physician Group Asks US to Make Funds Available to Doctors Hurt by Change Hack

Mar 5 2024 // Influential U.S. doctors’ group the American Medical Association (AMA) on Monday asked the Biden Administration to make emergency funds available to physicians hurt by ongoing problems created by the hack of...

Georgia’s Largest County Still Repairing Damage from January Cyberattack

Mar 4 2024 // Georgia’s largest county is still repairing damage inflicted on its government a month ago by hackers who shut down office phone lines, left clerks unable to issue vehicle registrations or marriage licenses and...

Small Business Cyber Gap

Mar 4 2024 // Yvette Prichard says cyber insurance continues to be an area where small businesses have significant gaps in their insurance portfolios. “It is a big risk; any business that does anything on a computer needs cyber...

Kansas’ Conrade Insurance Group Discloses Data Breach

Mar 1 2024 // Conrade Insurance Group this week reported a data breach upon identifying unusual activity in its email system. The Newton, Kansas-based insurance agency posted a Notice of data Event on its website stating an...

Taiwan Military Says Hackers Sold Telecom Giant’s Data on Web

Mar 1 2024 // Taiwan’s military said hackers sold data stolen from the island’s biggest telecom company on the internet, the latest challenge to the democratically run island’s cybersecurity.The leaked documents that...

UnitedHealth Says ‘Blackcat’ Group Behind Recent Hack

Mar 1 2024 // UnitedHealth Group said on Thursday the recent cyberattack at its tech unit, Change Healthcare, was perpetrated by hackers who identified themselves as the “Blackcat” ransomware group.The statement confirms a...

RT Specialty Adds Cyber Liability to its Proprietary Digital Platform

Feb 29 2024 // RT Specialty, the wholesale distribution division of Ryan Specialty (NYSE: RYAN), a leading international specialty insurance firm, announced addition of Cyber Liability to its proprietary digital platform, RT Connector.RT...

People Moves: Fusion Specialty Appoints Harwood for APAC M&A Team; Specialty MGA Nirvana Hires García-Beltrán to Grow European Cyber SME Portfolio

Feb 29 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the managing general agents Fusion Specialty and Nirvana.A summary of these new hires follows here. Fusion Specialty Appoints Harwood for M&A in Asia...

UnitedHealth Hackers Say They Stole ‘Millions’ of Records, Then Delete Statement

Feb 29 2024 // In a message posted to, and then quickly deleted from their darknet site, the hackers blamed for striking the UnitedHealth Group said on Wednesday they stole millions of sensitive records, including medical insurance and...

Change Healthcare Cyberattack Is Still Disrupting Pharmacies, Other Providers

Feb 28 2024 // A cyberattack that has disrupted Change Healthcare’s computer networks for nearly a week is creating a growing administrative problem for pharmacies and health-care providers around the nation.Change Healthcare, a...