All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 22 2023 // Latitude Group Holdings Ltd. shares slumped as trading resumed for the Australian personal lender that disclosed details of a hack almost a week ago.The stock lost 16% as of 11:40 a.m. in Sydney trading. Hackers stole more...
Mar 21 2023 // Ferrari NV said it was hit by a ransomware attack that exposed information on the Italian sports car maker’s customers.“Certain data relating to our clients was exposed, including names, addresses, email...
Mar 20 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Tokio Marine and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI).A summary of these new hires follows here. Tokio Marine Hires Underwriters from Atradius,...
Mar 20 2023 // As the costs and consequences of education escalate, educational institutions at all levels face a rapidly growing slate of property and liability risks, including increasing sports liabilities and coverage for...
Mar 20 2023 // Jeremy Gittler, practice leader and head of Cyber Americas at AXA XL, thinks of the cyber insurance industry as a rollercoaster. He says that after several years of turbulence with the advent of more sophisticated...
Mar 20 2023 // If you’ve sold a cyber liability insurance policy lately, you know how quickly the market has evolved. Policies that were once inexpensive and universally available are now high-priced and hard to find.Just a few...
Mar 17 2023 // Microsoft Corp. warned an infamous hacking group that is tied to Russia’s military intelligence agency GRU could be gearing up for more ransomware attacks both inside and outside of Ukraine.Microsoft calls the group...
Mar 16 2023 // Intangic MGA, a London-based cyber managing general agent (MGA), has been launched with capacity backing from AXA XL, offering new cyber insurance cover for large public corporations headquartered in the UK.The company is...
Mar 16 2023 // Digital payments firm Latitude Group Holdings and intellectual property services provider IPH Ltd. reported data breaches on Thursday, joining a host of other Australian firms targeted by hackers in recent months.Some of...
Mar 15 2023 // The top U.S. markets regulator announced a package of proposed policies on Wednesday designed to harden the financial system against hacking, data theft and systems failure.At the start of a public meeting, the Securities...
Mar 15 2023 // Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre is reviewing whether Chinese-owned video app TikTok should be banned from government phones, security minister Tom Tugendhat said on Tuesday.TikTok has come under increasing...
Mar 13 2023 // The US energy industry must shore up protection against cyberattacks from China, a more pressing concern than attacks from Russia amid its war on Ukraine, according to a senior government cybersecurity official.“The...
Mar 13 2023 // Coalition, the San Francisco-based cyber managing general agent and cyber-security firm, announced it will enter the excess cyber insurance market in the United Kingdom to help protect businesses with enhanced coverage.By...
Mar 10 2023 // The European Central Bank plans to test the cyber resilience of the euro zone’s top banks after a sharp rise in cyberattacks, including after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, ECB supervisory chief Andrea Enria...
Mar 9 2023 // The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Tuesday issued new cybersecurity requirements for airports and aircraft operators as part of an “emergency action” to address persistent threats to the...
Mar 9 2023 // A serious breach at a healthcare administrator serving the U.S. House of Representatives has potentially exposed the personal data of hundreds of lawmakers and their staff, top representatives and a senior Congressional...
Mar 8 2023 // A cyberattack that disrupted derivatives trading in January is prompting calls for more oversight to combat the risk of hacks across financial markets.The top US derivatives regulator wants to update standards and...
Mar 7 2023 // The Biden administration is set to release an aggressive new national cybersecurity strategy on Thursday that seeks to shift the blame from companies that get hacked to software manufacturers and device makers, putting it...
Mar 6 2023 // The Environmental Protection Agency issued a memorandum on Friday requiring states to analyze cyber defenses at public water systems during periodic audits.The audits, called sanitary surveys, are already required by the...
Mar 6 2023 // Incidents of fraudulent instruction scams were up 13% in 2022, according to specialist insurer Beazley’s new Cyber Services Snapshot report.Under fraudulent instruction scams, criminals use hacking and phishing...