All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 24 2022 // Insurtechs and insurance companies are “breaking down the wall” that stood between them as competitors in favor of working together to tackle dynamic cyber risk.“We’re all trying to solve the same...
Jun 24 2022 // New York’s financial services regulator has fined Carnival Corp. $5 million for violations of the state’s cybersecurity regulations that the state says caused four cyber breaches and the exposure of personal...
Jun 24 2022 // Marsh McLennan Creates New Senior Leadership PositionsMarsh McLennan announced the appointment of John Jones as chief marketing and communications officer and Pat Hagemann as chief of staff to the chief operating officer....
Jun 24 2022 // Hackers looted about $100 million from a so-called cryptocurrency bridge, again exposing a key vulnerability in the digital-asset ecosystem.Blockchain Harmony said in a tweet that the hack of its Horizon bridge, which lets...
Jun 23 2022 // Russia is expanding its espionage and influence operations against Ukraine and its allies, including malicious cyber activity that requires a coordinated, robust response, Microsoft Corp said in a report published...
Jun 21 2022 // The hard market for cyber insurance, which is expected to continue for “some time,” and a lack of capacity has made captive insurers an “attractive risk management option for corporations,” said AM...
Jun 21 2022 // NJM Offers ProPack Commercial Package Policy in More Mid-Atlantic StatesNJM Insurance Group is now writing commercial package policies in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania with policy effective dates beginning August 1,...
Jun 20 2022 // A mid-year update on the commercial property/casualty market from USI Insurance Services is the latest to report rate stabilization in most lines of business — except for cyber.The cyber insurance market...
Jun 17 2022 // Law enforcement in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands and Britain dismantled a global network of internet-connected devices that had been hacked by Russian cyber criminals and used for malicious purposes, the U.S....
Jun 16 2022 // The private information of hundreds of patients at a Sioux Falls-based health care system have been compromised, according to the provider.Avera Health says a data breach allowed someone to obtain the personal information...
Jun 15 2022 // Insurers and insureds alike agree that clear policy wording will be the path forward in dealing with concerns about cyber war in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. This isn’t the first time in recent history...
Jun 15 2022 // Canadian businesses operating in critical infrastructure sectors would be required to report cyber attacks to the federal government and would have to fortify their cyber systems under a new law introduced on Tuesday.The...
Jun 14 2022 // The pressure was on. Someone, somewhere, was attacking computer systems so customers couldn’t reach certain websites. In a windowless room in Denver, Zack Privette had worked all morning with his security team to...
Jun 8 2022 // Business leaders and cybersecurity experts are pushing the Biden administration to step up efforts to quell big hacks against US companies.In a joint statement June 7, several of the groups said a public-private initiative...
Jun 8 2022 // A major medical imaging and outpatient surgery firm in Massachusetts has reported a cyber attack that may have compromised the medical data and identity of millions of patients.Shields Health Care Group said it recently...
Jun 7 2022 // BRATISLAVA – In September 2020, a North Korean hacking group known as Lazarus broke into a small Slovakian crypto exchange and stole virtual currency worth some $5.4 million. It was one of a string of cyber heists by...
Jun 6 2022 // A mid-year update on the commercial property/casualty market from USI Insurance Services is the latest to report rate stabilization in most lines of business – except for cyber.The cyber insurance market “continued...
Jun 6 2022 // The FBI thwarted a planned cyberattack on a children’s hospital in Boston that was to have been carried out by hackers sponsored by the Iranian government, FBI Director Christopher Wray said last week.Wray told a...
Jun 6 2022 // Nearly three quarters of global cyber risk decision makers recently surveyed said their company experienced at least one cyberattack in the past year and while these attacks have spurred more investment in cyber risk...
Jun 6 2022 // According to The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers’ (CIAB) Commercial Property/Casualty Market Index, capacity for cyber insurance may be decreasing while demand is increasing, which could have driven cyber...