Latest Cyber Headlines
All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
UK to Compel 1,000 Firms to Shore Up Cyber Defenses After Hacks
Apr 2 2025 // The UK government will pass legislation compelling companies providing IT services to critical national infrastructure to improve their cyber defenses after a wave of attacks by Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. As many...
Oracle Warns Health Customers of Patient Data Breach
Mar 30 2025 // Hackers broke into Oracle Corp.’s computer systems and stole patient data in an attempt to extort multiple medical providers in the US, according to a person familiar with the matter and a notification the software...
Cyber Security Threat Detected at Kuala Lumpur International Airport: Malaysia Airports
Mar 27 2025 // A cyber security threat affecting computer systems at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport was detected on Sunday, the National Cyber Security Agency and Malaysia Airports said in a joint statement. The operations at...
Pennsylvania’s Union County Suffers Ransomware Attack
Mar 25 2025 // Pennsylvania’s Union County is dealing with a ransomware attack that has likely exposed personally identifiable information, mostly related to individuals involved with the county’s law enforcement, courts, and...
Auto Insurer Root to Pay New York $975K Over Data Breach
Mar 24 2025 // New York Attorney General Letitia James has secured $975,000 in penalties from auto insurance company Root over a data breach that the state says exposed the personal information of about 45,000 New Yorkers. Root does not...
Resilience: Third-Party Risk Involved in 31% of Cyber Claims
Mar 24 2025 // More merger-and-acquisition activity and technology consolidation have given cyber hackers plenty of entry points to exploit, making third-party cyber risk a dominant driver of claims for Resilience in 2024. New research...
Most Ransomware Claims Begin With Compromised Perimeter Security: Coalition
Mar 24 2025 // More than half of ransomware claims in 2024 started with threat actors compromising perimeter security appliances, according to a new report from Coalition. In its Cyber Threat Index 2025, the insurance provider reported...
Markets/Coverages: Marsh Expands Cyber Insurance Facility With $45M of Extra Capacity
Mar 19 2025 // Marsh, the insurance brokerage business of Marsh McLennan, announced the launch of Cyber Echo Encore, an enhancement to its existing Cyber Echo insurance facility. The facility’s enhancement provides Marsh clients...
Cybersecurity Officials Warn Against Potentially Costly Medusa Ransomware Attacks
Mar 17 2025 // The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are warning against a dangerous ransomware scheme. In an advisory posted earlier this week, government officials warned that a ransomware-as-a-service...
Diversification, Risk Modeling Top of Mind for Carriers as Cyber Market Softens
Mar 17 2025 // As cyber insurance rates have begun to stabilize, insurance carriers are seeking more diversification to fuel their underwriting and growth strategies, according to panelists at this year’s PLUS Cyber Symposium in...
Australia Regulator Sues FIIG Securities for Cybersecurity Failures
Mar 13 2025 // The Australian securities watchdog said on Thursday it is taking fixed-income broker FIIG to court, alleging it failed to implement adequate cybersecurity measures over a four-year period, which enabled a hacker to...
Trump Nominates Sean Plankey to Head Cyber Agency CISA
Mar 13 2025 // President Donald Trump has nominated Sean Plankey to serve as the chief of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, according to a notice on Congress’ website. Plankey, a former Coast Guard officer who...
Most Ransomware Claims Begin With Compromised Perimeter Security: Coalition
Mar 12 2025 // More than half of ransomware claims in 2024 started with threat actors compromising perimeter security appliances, according to a new report from Coalition. In its Cyber Threat Index 2025, the insurance provider reported...
Why Cyber Insurers Should Partner in Cybersecurity Support
Mar 10 2025 // The history of insurance dates back as far as 2000 BCE, when merchants and traders developed basic risk-sharing agreements to protect against financial losses from unpredictable events. At its most basic, insurance as a...
Prosecutors Say Taylor Swift Tickets Were Sold Then Resold in Cyber Scam
Mar 7 2025 // A cybercrime crew stole then resold more than 900 digital tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and other pricey events on StubHub, according to prosecutors in New York. The international scam involved people working in Jamaica...
Gallagher Re Launches Cyber Risk Adjusted Rating Index to Track Reinsurance Rates
Mar 7 2025 // Gallagher Re, the reinsurance brokerage unit of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., announced it has launched a Cyber Risk Adjusted Rating (RAR) Index, which is designed to measure the change in reinsurance prices adjusted for...
US Indicts Slew of Alleged Chinese Hackers, Sanctions Company Over Spy Campaign
Mar 6 2025 // The U.S. on Wednesday announced indictments against a slew of alleged Chinese hackers, sanctioned a Chinese tech company and offered a $10 million bounty over what Washington called a years-long spy campaign that stole...
Cyber Insurance Firm Coalition Gets $30M Equity Investment From Mitsui Sumitomo
Mar 4 2025 // Global cyber insurance provider Coalition announced a new $30 million equity investment from Insurance Co., Ltd. (MSI), a member of MS&AD Insurance Group. The investment anchors a strategic partnership aimed at...
CFPB Data Imperiled by Cybersecurity Contract Cancellation, Ex-Official Says
Mar 3 2025 // The cancellation of nearly three-dozen cybersecurity contracts at the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau endangers the security of sensitive data maintained by the federal watchdog, a former senior official at the...
Resilience: Third-Party Risk Involved in 31% of Cyber Claims
Feb 28 2025 // More merger-and-acquisition activity and technology consolidation have given cyber hackers plenty of entry points to exploit, making third-party cyber risk a dominant driver of claims for Resilience in 2024. New research...
