Most Popular Cyber Headlines This Year

The most viewed headlines from our Cyber Topic Page over the last year.

#1 T-Mobile Engineers Spotted Hackers Running Commands on Routers

Dec 2 2024 // Suspicious behavior on T-Mobile US Inc.’s network devices tipped off the company to a breach that was potentially part of a sprawling cyber-espionage campaign that has raised urgent questions about the exposure of a...

#2 Trigger Warning: Cyber Policy Wordings to Impact Coverage for Tech Outage

Jul 22 2024 // Industry stakeholders continue to try to get a grasp of the implications from last week’s massive technology outage affecting motley industries around the world, but the theme of policy language is reoccurring for a...

#3 Berkshire’s Jain on Cyber: ‘The Mindset Should Be You’re Not Making Money’

May 6 2024 // While describing cyber insurance as a “fashionable” and profitable business, Berkshire Hathaway’s head of insurance operations said aggregation and loss costs have kept the company away from the risk for...

#4 New York Fines GEICO $9.75M, Travelers $1.5M Over Auto Insurance Cyber Breaches

Nov 25 2024 // Two auto insurers will pay fines totaling $11.3 million for data breaches of online insurance quoting systems that New York officials say compromised personal information of an estimated 120,000 customers in total.New York...

#5 BlackSuit Cybercrime Gang Blamed in CDK Hack That Roiled Car Dealers

Jun 25 2024 // A hacking group called BlackSuit is behind the cyberattack on CDK Global that’s paralyzed car sales across the US, according to Allan Liska, a threat analyst at the security firm Recorded Future Inc.The cybercrime...

#6 Southwest Wins Appeal in Cyber Excess Coverage Dispute With Liberty

Jan 23 2024 // The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that Southwest Airlines can continue to seek reimbursement under its Liberty Mutual cyber risk policy for costs incurred during a 2016 massive computer failure.An...

#7 Hackers Demand as Much as $5 Million From Snowflake Clients

Jun 19 2024 // Cybercriminals are demanding payments of between $300,000 and $5 million apiece from as many as 10 companies breached in a campaign that targeted Snowflake Inc. customers, according to a security firm helping with the...

#8 Lockbit Hackers’ Swagger on Display After Police Leak Identities Online

Feb 21 2024 // One of the world’s biggest criminal hacking gangs woke up on Tuesday to a startling discovery: Law enforcement, after taking over their main website on Monday, were now threatening to reveal their personal details...

#9 Car Dealerships Across US Halt Services After Cyberattack

Jun 20 2024 // Thousands of car dealerships were ground to a halt during a normally busy holiday Wednesday by a cyber incident at CDK Global, a major software provider for dealers across the US.The company “shut all systems down...

#10 Cyberattacks Over Work Email Most Used; Ransomware Hits Victims Hard: Arctic Wolf

May 21 2024 // Business email compromise is now the top method of cyberattack, according to a survey from cybersecurity firm Arctic Wolf.Of the 1,000 surveyed senior IT and cybersecurity decisionmakers from organizations in more than 15...

#11 New England Grocers Stop & Shop, Hannaford Coping With Cyber Attack

Nov 13 2024 // The Dutch company that owns Stop & Shop and Hannaford grocery stores across New England is dealing with a cyberattack that has disrupted online shopping, product deliveries and pharmacy services at some locations.Ahold...

#12 Hackers Leak Documents From Pentagon IT Services Provider Leidos

Jul 24 2024 // Hackers have leaked internal documents stolen from Leidos Holdings Inc., one of the largest IT services providers to the US government, according to a person familiar with the matter.Leidos recently learned of the issue...

#13 FBI Says Chinese Hackers Preparing to Attack US Infrastructure

Apr 19 2024 // Chinese government-linked hackers have burrowed into U.S. critical infrastructure and are waiting “for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Thursday.An...

#14 Possibility of a Billion-Dollar Systemic Cyber Event ‘Is Real’

Mar 22 2024 // A systemic event and the threat it could pose to insurers’ portfolios is not the million dollar question, but perhaps the billion dollar question, according to Norman Niami, immediate past chairperson and member of...

#15 Hospital to Pay $65M to End Suit Over Cyberattack That Exposed Patients’ Nude Photos

Sep 12 2024 // Lehigh Valley Health Network has agreed to a $65 million settlement of a class action with patients and employees affected by a 2023 ransomware attack that exposed personal and medical information including nude photos of...

#16 Verisk’s PCS Classifies CrowdStrike Incident as a Cyber Catastrophe

Jul 31 2024 // Verisk’s Property Claim Services unit confirmed reports it has designated the recent global information technology outage as a cyber catastrophe event.With the designation, PCS Global Cyber believes what has come to...

#17 T-Mobile’s Network Breached as Part of Chinese Hacking Operation

Nov 18 2024 // T-Mobile US Inc.’s network was among those recently breached by Chinese hackers in an attack on multiple telecommunications companies.“T-Mobile is closely monitoring this industry-wide attack,” a company...

#18 Starbucks Restores Scheduling App Taken Down by Hack to Vendor

Dec 13 2024 // Starbucks Corp.’s system for logging employee hours is back online nearly three weeks after a vendor hack had forced the company to keep track of schedules by hand.Starbucks worked with third-party software supplier...

#19 Underwriters’ Dilemma: Is AI a Cyber or Tech E&O Risk?

Mar 19 2024 // When it comes to artificial intelligence, more questions than answers keep underwriters from venturing into the space and lead to a lack of clarity, according to panelists at The Professional Liability Underwriting...

#20 Hackers Behind MGM Attack Targeting Financial Sector in New Campaign

May 13 2024 // The hacking group accused of disrupting casinos and hotels at MGM Resorts International last year is engaged in a new campaign targeting banks and insurance companies, according to cybersecurity researchers.The group,...