All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 4 2020 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) announced that Thomas Kang is joining the insurer as head of Cyber in North America. Kang, an attorney, joins AGCS from Willis Towers Watson, where he served as Global Cyber...
Jun 1 2020 // Aon announced that Brent Rieth is the new U.S. Practice Leader of the Cyber Solutions Errors and Omissions/Cyber Broking team. Rieth first joined Aon in 2009 as team leader of the E&O/Cyber broking effort for...
Jun 1 2020 // The country and economy are reopening, albeit slowly and cautiously. However, hackers and other digital bad actors have been busy coming up with new schemes that agencies must confront. Not only that, agencies must now...
Jun 1 2020 // “Anybody who’s gotten a driver’s license that hasn’t taken the test, even though they met the criteria of so many hours on the road and been to driving school, or had your parents verify that,...
May 29 2020 // The U.S. National Security Agency on Thursday warned government partners and private companies about a Russian hacking operation that uses a special intrusion technique to target operating systems often used by industrial...
May 29 2020 // Israel’s national cyber chief Thursday officially acknowledged the country had thwarted a major cyber attack last month against its water systems, an assault widely attributed to arch-enemy Iran, calling it a...
May 28 2020 // AAIS (the American Association of Insurance Services) and Berkley Re Solutions, a Berkley Company (BRS), have launched Family Cyber Protection Solution, a new product designed to protect consumers as cyber threats and...
May 27 2020 // A former student at Wichita State University in Kansas has filed a federal lawsuit against the school over a December data breach that exposed the personal information of thousands of current and former students.Michael...
May 26 2020 // Some Florida residents who have made unemployment claims may have had personal data stolen, officials said Thursday.The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity has notified 98 people who were part of a data breach...
May 26 2020 // A European Union framework is needed to provide insurance cover for catastrophes such as pandemics and huge cyber attacks, the Federation of European Risk Management (FERMA) said on Tuesday.This would involve...
May 26 2020 // Willis Towers Watson announced the launch of CyNav, a new type of cyber insurance cover designed specifically for shipowners.The new product addresses the growing need for an explicit marine cyber solution, built from the...
May 22 2020 // Coalition, the cyber insurance and security managing general agent, announced it is offering its products and services to Canada-based businesses.The San Francisco-based company described the offering as proactive...
May 21 2020 // Coalition, an insurtech managing general agency focused on cyber insurance and security, disclosed it raised $90 million in new venture financing earlier this year to fuel development of new products and a global...
May 20 2020 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Coalition, a cyber insurance and security company, announced it has raised $90 million in equity capital to support its growth and global expansion.Valor Equity Partners led the funding with...
May 20 2020 // Dr. Catharina Richter will be appointed global head of Cyber Center of Competence for Allianz Group, effective June 1, 2020.The Cyber Center of Competence (CoC) coordinates and steers cyber risk underwriting and governance...
May 19 2020 // Chinese hackers are suspected of accessing email and travel details of about nine million easyJet customers, said two sources familiar with the investigation into a cyber attack disclosed by the British airline on...
May 19 2020 // Texas’ transportation agency has become the second part of the state government to be hit by a ransomware attack in recent days.Someone hacked into the Texas Department of Transportation’s network in a...
May 19 2020 // Money trumped spying as the top motivator for data breaches last year, according to Verizon’s annual report on cyber crimes published on Tuesday.About nine out of 10 breaches were financially motivated, based on an...
May 18 2020 // We are in unprecedented times. If you’re like us, you suddenly found yourself and your company operating entirely remotely and have remained working this way for quite some time. Such an abrupt change can be a...
May 18 2020 // The majority of businesses are insured against traditional cyber risks, such as breaches of personal information, but most remain vulnerable to emerging risks, such as malware and ransomware, revealing a potential gap in...