Latest Cyber Headlines

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

Maryland Governor Signs Order on AI Use, Creates Cybersecurity Task Force

Jan 10 2024 // Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Monday announced a starting point for addressing the use of artificial intelligence in state government, as well as efforts to bolster cybersecurity.The governor signed an executive order that he...

Viewpoint: Cyber Insurance Market Themes to Look Out for in 2024

Jan 9 2024 // After my (relatively) successful effort in looking at 2023 cyber insurance themes, like a gambler on a streak of beginner’s luck, I wanted to have another roll of the dice in offering my thoughts on cyber insurance...

People Moves: Stirk to Join Marsh as US Chief Growth Officer; Liberty Mutual Grows Cyber Team

Jan 4 2024 // Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan headquartered in New York, hired Andy Stirk as U.S. chief growth officer effective January 16. Stirk is based in New York.With 20 years of insurance industry experience, Stirk rejoins...

Viewpoint: Scoring Cyber Insurance Predictions of 2023

Jan 4 2024 // Twelve months ago in a rush of blood to the head, I wrote this article with a selection of cyber insurance themes I thought were pertinent for 2023. In the spirit of transparency, I thought I should mark my own homework,...

Russian Hackers Were Inside Ukraine Telecoms Giant for Months: Cyber Spy Chief

Jan 4 2024 // Russian hackers were inside Ukrainian telecoms giant Kyivstar’s system from at least May last year in a cyberattack that should serve as a “big warning” to the West, Ukraine’s cyber spy chief told...

Massachusetts Hospital Still Recovering From Christmas Cyber Incident

Jan 3 2024 // A cyber incident that reportedly began on December 24 disrupted the electronic medical records system and caused a Massachusetts hospital to redirect ambulances to other hospitals on Christmas day.Anna Jaques Hospital in...

States and Congress Wrestle With Cybersecurity at Water Utilities

Jan 3 2024 // The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack.It had never had outside help in protecting its systems from a cyberattack, either at its...

European Central Bank’s Cyber Stress Test Will Not Affect Capital Requirements

Jan 3 2024 // The European Central Bank’s cyber resilience stress test in the coming months will not affect bank-specific capital requirements but instead form part of a broader supervisory assessment, the ECB said in a statement...

Top Insurance Journal Cyber Stories of 2023

Jan 2 2024 // Data breaches, lawsuits, and ongoing conversations about cyber war exclusions gave Insurance Journal readers much to talk about regarding cyber insurance in 2023.While news of cyber acquisitions, the major themes to look...

Title Insurer Reports Another Cybersecurity Event; Fitch Monitoring Ratings

Dec 29 2023 // Less than a month after New York insurance regulators said a title insurer would pay $1 million for violations of a cybersecurity regulation stemming from a 2019 breach, the holding company for the insurer revealed a more...

US Seizes BlackCat Ransomware Site, Offering Decryption Tool

Dec 28 2023 // The US Justice Department seized websites belonging to a notorious Russian-speaking ransomware group, upending hackers that have extorted millions of dollars from victims around the world.The website for the extortion...

The Most Listened Insuring Cyber Podcast Episodes of 2023

Dec 20 2023 // From AI chatbots and insurance to tech burnout in the workplace to managing cybersecurity in e-commerce, Insuring Cyber Podcast listeners were all ears this year as the cyber landscape continued to evolve and impact...

Comcast’s Xfinity Reveals Data Breach Potentially Affecting Nearly 36 Million People

Dec 19 2023 // Comcast’s Xfinity has started notifying customers of a data breach that may have revealed information of nearly 36 million people, .Xfinity, Comcast’s brand for broadband, video and phone services, said in a...

Kansas Courts’ Computer Systems Coming Back Online Following Cyberattack

Dec 19 2023 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – The court system in Kansas has started bringing its computer system for managing cases back online, two months after a foreign cyberattack forced officials to shut it down along with public access to...

Vans Owner VF Corp’s Order Fulfillment Operations Hit by Cyber Incident

Dec 19 2023 // VF Corp. said on Monday it was investigating “unauthorized” activity on its computer systems that disrupted some operations, including the ability of the Vans sneaker maker to fulfill global customer orders on...

Companies Are Still Trying to Figure Out How to Comply With SEC Cyber Rules

Dec 19 2023 // Some public companies are still trying to figure out how to comply with new rules from the US Securities and Exchange Commission requiring speedy disclosure of significant cyberattacks.Those rules, which kicked in Monday,...

Britain’s National Grid Drops China-Based Supplier Over Cyber Security Fears: FT

Dec 18 2023 // Britain’s National Grid has started removing components supplied by a unit of China-backed Nari Technology from the electricity transmission network over cyber security fears, the Financial Times reported on...

UK at High Risk of ‘Catastrophic’ Cyberattack Affecting Critical Infrastructure: Report

Dec 15 2023 // The UK is at high risk of a “catastrophic” ransomware attack that could bring critical national infrastructure to a standstill and cost the country tens of billions of pounds, according to a parliamentary...

US Officials Say Russian Hackers Are Launching Potential SolarWinds-Style Operations

Dec 14 2023 // U.S. officials say that Russian hackers are targeting servers hosting outdated versions of software made by the Czech tech company JetBrains for potential SolarWinds-style espionage operations.In a statement released on...

Tech Update: Chubb and NetSPI Launch Cyber Protection Partnership

Dec 13 2023 // Chubb announced a collaboration with NetSPI, a global provider proactive security. The pairing is designed to strengthen clients’ cyber-risk profiles with enhanced attack surface management and penetration testing...