All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 19 2023 // Classrooms across Tucson, Arizona, were ravaged by ransomware in January that locked up computer systems and forced teachers to revamp lesson plans. Officials in southern Arizona’s largest school district tried...
Apr 18 2023 // Atlanta-based NCR Corp., one of the largest makers of payment systems, self-checkout technology and ATMs, said it had been targeted this week by a ransomware attack, affecting some customer restaurants.An NCR data center...
Apr 18 2023 // Kojima Industries Corp. is a small company and little-known outside Japan, where it produces cup holders, USB sockets and door pockets for car interiors. But its modest role in the automotive supply chain is a critical...
Apr 12 2023 // America’s cybersecurity watchdog has no confidence that the cellular network used by American first responders and the military is secure against digital intrusions, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said in a letter released...
Apr 12 2023 // German shipbuilder Lürssen, which makes military vessels as well as luxury yachts, has become the target of a ransomware cyberattack.The Bremen-based company was attacked over the Easter holiday period, company spokesman...
Apr 5 2023 // Cowbell, the Pleasanton, Calif.-based provider of cyber insurance for small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has launched its UK operations and appointed cyber insurance expert Simon Hughes as general manager for...
Apr 5 2023 // Applied Underwriters Introduces Applied Home National UnderwritersApplied Underwriters said it has created Applied Home National Underwriters (“Home National”) to consolidate the company’s presence in...
Apr 5 2023 // An Australian government-backed service for victims of identity theft blasted a plan to toughen privacy laws amid an explosion of online data theft, saying it would spur compromised companies to pay ransom and invite more...
Apr 4 2023 // The insurance industry is attempting to modernize war exclusions to address the 21st century risk of state-sponsored cyber operations. It has proven to be a challenging project.Many current war exclusions date back to the...
Apr 4 2023 // Astaara, the Guernsey-based managing general agent and risk management advisory business, has increased its underwriting capacity and insurance limit from US$12.5 million in 2020 to US$25 million with effect from April...
Apr 3 2023 // Trium Cyber is the industry’s first Lloyd’s-approved company to provide mono-line cyber coverage for U.S. risks.Launched in January 2023, the full stack surplus lines insurer has joined the ranks of new...
Apr 3 2023 // While the continuously evolving cyber threat landscape is a growing problem for insurers, experts say it’s not an insurmountable one, and empathy and thoughtfulness will be key as insurers seek to tackle...
Mar 31 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Everest Insurance and two brokers BMS and Miller.A summary of these new hires follows here. Everest Insurance Taps Chubb’s Chaves to Lead Mexico...
Mar 29 2023 // Suspected North Korean hackers are posing as journalists and trying to gather intelligence about international officials’ approach to nuclear security policy and Kim Jong Un’s government, according to new...
Mar 28 2023 // The head of the U.S. National Security Agency’s cybersecurity directorate on Monday said TikTok represents a “strategic issue” rather than an immediate “tactical” threat to the United...
Mar 28 2023 // Australia’s financial institutions must improve their resilience to cyberattacks, the head of the nation’s banking regulator said Tuesday.A recent review uncovered a “lack of rigor” in the nature...
Mar 27 2023 // Hackers obtained data on some employees of the UK’s Pension Protection Fund after exploiting a third-party data transfer service, according to a fund spokesperson.The Pension Protection Fund manages £39 billion of...
Mar 27 2023 // Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. expects revenue to fall as measures taken by India’s top drugmaker to contain an information technology security breach in early March impacted operations.A ransomware group has...
Mar 24 2023 // Ransomware gangs didn’t come out with any big new innovations last year, but “what 2022 lacked in innovation it made up for in volume,” according to a report by a financial services group.In its annual...
Mar 22 2023 // Coalition Inc., a cyber-insurance provider that tries to curb digital risk, has designed technology that simulates large-scale attacks to help insurers identify potential weaknesses in their portfolios and prevent...