All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 21 2008 // Hannaford Bros. Co. has been hit with two class action lawsuits filed on behalf of consumers whose credit and debit card numbers were compromised as a result of a major security breach.A Philadelphia law firm, Berger...
Mar 20 2008 // It was during the card approval process that more than 4 million customer accounts at grocery stores in the Northeast and Florida were exposed to fraud, even though the company meets the latest standards for data security,...
Mar 18 2008 // A computer hacker stole thousands of credit card numbers after breaching security at two U.S. grocery store chains owned by Belgium-based Delhaize Group SA , the companies said Monday.Nearly 2,000 cases of fraud have been...
Mar 14 2008 // Tom Sheffield, Technical Director at Aon, pointed out that businesses are typically at ease with physical security systems, but when it comes to online matters there appears to be a lack of knowledge. Companies must think...
Jan 14 2008 // Police in New York have arrested a computer consultant who is charged with fraudulently printing an insurance certificate from an agency’s computer and using the document for his part-time snowplowing business.Joseph...
Dec 23 2007 // $3.2 Billion Amount lost in the United States due to phishing attacks, according to a recent survey conducted by Gartner Inc., an information technology research and advisory company. The survey found that 3.6 million...
Dec 18 2007 // Phishing attacks in the United States soared in 2007 as $3.2 billion was lost to these attacks, according to a recent survey. The survey found that 3.6 million adults lost money in phishing attacks in the 12 months ending...
Oct 31 2007 // Hartford Life Insurance has misplaced three backup tapes containing sensitive personal information on an unknown number of Ohio consumers, state insurance regulators said.The company says the data security breach was...
Oct 25 2007 // A group of banks alleged in a court filing ithat 94 million accounts were affected by the theft of personal data from Massachusetts-based TJX Cos. — more than double the number the company previously reported in what...
Oct 8 2007 // New data compromise coverage helps businesses respond when data loss occursThe breach of personal data stored in business files and computers is a serious risk for any company that controls the information. Customers and...
Oct 8 2007 // The breach of personal data stored in business files and computers is a serious risk for any company that controls the information. Customers and employees may become the victims of identity theft and fraud. With so many...
Sep 24 2007 // There has been very little in the history of the world that has revolutionized society so greatly and as quickly as the Internet. The Internet has allowed anyone and everyone with access to a computer to obtain information...
Sep 24 2007 // There has been very little in the history of the world that has revolutionized society so greatly and as quickly as the Internet. The Internet has allowed anyone and everyone with access to a computer to obtain information...
Aug 6 2007 // Few things help to build trust between insurance agents and their clients more than showing care and sensitivity around personal information. And key to that is understanding the general legal principals states enacted...
Jul 23 2007 // While the Government Accountability Office fell short of offering recommendations, it released a report stating that many entities in the private, public, and government sectors have reported the loss or theft of sensitive...
Jul 23 2007 // While the Government Accountability Office fell short of offering recommendations, it released a report stating that many entities in the private, public, and government sectors have reported the loss or theft of sensitive...
Jul 9 2007 // While the Government Accountability Office fell short of offering recommendations, it released a report stating that many entities in the private, public, and government sectors have reported the loss or theft of sensitive...
Jun 19 2007 // Navigators Pro has introduced the Cyber Privacy InNAVation, a coverage endorsement for its primary lawyers professional liability policy.Cyber Privacy InNAVation provides enhanced liability coverage protection for law...
Apr 9 2007 // The total number of data breach victims in 2006 exceeded the $100 million mark — one record for roughly every three Americans. ID theft occurrences, which result from a portion of such daily breaches, have recently...
Mar 12 2007 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company has introduced Data Compromise, a coverage and service solution for businesses that provides legal consulting, customer notification services and credit monitoring as well as identity...