Latest Cyber Headlines
All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
As Ransomware Criminals Get More Ruthless, Experts Call for Multi-Pronged Response
Apr 30 2021 // Political hand-wringing in Washington over Russia’s hacking of federal agencies and interference in U.S. politics has mostly overshadowed a worsening digital scourge with a far broader wallop: crippling and...
Officials Say New York School District Hit by Cyber Attack
Apr 28 2021 // An Albany, New York-area school district is investigating a malware attack that forced students in grades 7 through 12 into all-remote learning on Monday, district officials announced. Officials at the Guilderland Central...
Insuring Cyber Podcast: Social Engineering Risks Rising, but Cyber Coverage Still Lacks
Apr 28 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the work environment in many ways, and cyber experts say one unfortunate result of the switch to remote work is an increase in cyber crime, particularly...
Cyber Attacks and Data Loss Are Top 2 Risks Facing Directors & Officers: WTW Survey
Apr 23 2021 // Cyber attacks and data loss are the top two risks facing directors & officers, with pandemic-related changes in working practices heightening these concerns, according to a global survey from broker Willis Towers...
Hackers Publish Florida School District Files After $40M Ransom Unpaid
Apr 23 2021 // Hackers who sought $40 million in ransom from a South Florida school district that refused to pay have now published nearly 26,000 stolen files. Many of the files, dated from 2012 to March 2021, contain Broward School...
Geico Customer Data Breach May be Part of Unemployment Insurance Scam
Apr 22 2021 // Auto insurer Geico recently reported that fraudsters have been stealing license numbers of its customers for the past few months and possibly using them to fraudulently apply for unemployment benefits. In a data breach...
How U.S. Plans to Protect Power Grid From Foreign Hackers
Apr 21 2021 // The White House unveiled on Tuesday a 100-day plan intended to protect the U.S. power grid from cyber-attacks, mainly by creating a stronger relationship between U.S. national security agencies and the mostly private...
Chinese Military Reported to Be Behind Japan Cyber Attacks
Apr 21 2021 // China’s military is thought to have instructed a hacker group to conduct cyber attacks on nearly 200 Japanese research institutions and firms, public broadcaster NHK reported, citing unidentified people in a police...
People Moves: 2 From Willis to Lead Marsh Government Practice; CNA’s Robb Heads BHSI’s Cyber
Apr 20 2021 // Insurance broker Marsh announced that Steven Capace and Bryan Salek have joined the firm to co-lead its U.S. Government Contracting Practice. In this dual leadership role, Capace and Salek will head a team responsible for...
Arizona Utility Portal Back up Following Cyberattack
Apr 20 2021 // The utility billing citizen self-service online portal for Kingman, Ariz., is once again fully functional following a cyberattack two months ago, city officials said Wednesday. The Feb. 26 attack from an unknown source...
With Claims Rising, Cyber Insurers Need More Than Sizable Rate Increases: Fitch
Apr 20 2021 // Cyber insurance underwriters are reporting substantially higher claims losses in 2020 than in prior years and as a result face increasing profit pressure. insurers will have to achieve both significant premium rate...
Cyber Attacks on the Rise for Businesses, Pushing Many to the Brink: Hiscox
Apr 19 2021 // The proportion of businesses targeted by cyber criminals in the past year increased from 38% to 43%, with over a quarter of those targeted (28%) experiencing five attacks or more, according to the Hiscox Cyber Readiness...
Guy Carpenter Names Co-Heads of Cyber, Hiring Swiss Re’s Cordonnier, Promoting Davis
Apr 19 2021 // Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance brokerage business of Marsh McLennan, announced the appointment of Anthony Cordonnier as managing director and global co-head of Cyber, effective the second half of 2021, and the...
Russian Spy Agency SVR Responsible for SolarWinds Hack: White House
Apr 16 2021 // The White House said in a statement on Thursday that Russia’s foreign intelligence service, known as the SVR, was responsible for the SolarWinds hack, which led to the compromise of nine federal agencies and hundreds...
Corvus, Skyward Specialty to Offer Cyber Coverage for Cargo Risks
Apr 16 2021 // Corvus Insurance, a provider of commercial insurance products powered by AI-driven risk data, and Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, a specialty property and casualty market, have partnered partnership to expand...
White House Rushes to Strengthen Security of U.S. Power Grid as Hacking Threats Grow
Apr 15 2021 // A White House plan to rapidly shore up the security of the U.S. power grid will begin with a 100-day sprint, but take years more to transform utilities’ ability to fight off hackers, according to details of a draft...
IBM Uncovers More Cyber Attacks on COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain
Apr 15 2021 // International Business Machines Corp. said on Wednesday its cyber-security unit has uncovered more digital attacks targeting the global COVID-19 vaccine supply chain since the issue was originally flagged late last...
Insuring Cyber Podcast: What the ‘New Normal’ Means for Cyber Insurers, Coverage
Apr 14 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv More than a year has passed since pandemic-related government restrictions began, causing many businesses around the world to shift their workforce to remote. With increased reliance on...
Hacking of Small Kansas Water Utility System Highlights Risks
Apr 13 2021 // A former Kansas utility worker has been charged with remotely tampering with a public water system’s cleaning procedures, highlighting the difficulty smaller utilities face in protecting against hackers. Wyatt...
British Cyber Security Company Darktrace Plans $4 Billion London Listing
Apr 13 2021 // LONDON – Darktrace, the British cyber security firm backed by tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, fired the gun on its $4 billion London listing on Monday, aiming to raise new funds to accelerate product development and...
