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Attacks on U.S. Power Grids Rose to All-Time High in 2022
Feb 1 2023 // Attacks on US power grids rose to an all-time high last year, further straining the sprawling and aging network. The number of direct physical attacks, including acts of vandalism and other suspicious activity, that...
People Moves: Batt Is Trium Cyber Head of Product; Tyng New Lead of HDI U.S. Captive Solutions; SiriusPoint Names Sigle Head of Claims; HUB Hires Chief HRO
Feb 1 2023 // Lloyd’s Trium Cyber Appoints Batt as Head of Product Trium Cyber, the first entity approved by Lloyd’s to launch a monoline cyber syndicate, has appointed Jeffrey Batt as head of product. As head of product,...
U.S. Court Rejects J&J Bankruptcy Strategy for Thousands of Talc Lawsuits
Jan 31 2023 // A U.S. appeals court on Monday shot down Johnson & Johnson’s attempt to offload tens of thousands of lawsuits over its talc products into bankruptcy court. The ruling marked the first major repudiation of an...
U.S. and EU to Launch First-of-its-Kind AI Agreement
Jan 30 2023 // The United States and European Union on Friday announced an agreement to speed up and enhance the use of artificial intelligence to improve agriculture, healthcare, emergency response, climate forecasting and the electric...
U.S. Says It ‘Hacked the Hackers’ to Bring Down Hive Ransomware Gang
Jan 27 2023 // The FBI on Thursday revealed it had secretly hacked and disrupted a prolific ransomware gang called Hive, a maneuver that allowed the bureau to thwart the group from collecting more than $130 million in ransomware demands...
US Targets Google’s Online Ad Business Monopoly in Latest Big Tech Lawsuit
Jan 25 2023 // The US Justice Department accused Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday of abusing its dominance in digital advertising, threatening to dismantle a key business at the heart of one of Silicon Valley’s most...
U.S. Closes Ford SUV Exhaust Odor Probe Without Seeking Recall
Jan 23 2023 // U.S. auto safety regulators on Monday closed a six-year-old investigation into 1.47 million Ford Explorer SUVs over reports of exhaust odors in vehicle compartments and exposure to carbon monoxide without seeking a...
$930M to Curb Western U.S. Wildfires Crisis
Jan 23 2023 // The U.S. is directing $930 million toward reducing wildfire dangers in 10 western states by clearing trees and underbrush from national forests, the Biden administration announced Thursday, as officials struggle to contain...
Bayer Sued for Barring Non-U.S. Citizen from Roundup Settlement
Jan 23 2023 // A new U.S. lawsuit on Thursday accused Germany’s Bayer AG of illegally excluding a Virginia farmworker from a settlement over claims its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, because she is not a U.S. citizen. The...
U.S. EPA Seeking to Focus on Climate Mitigation
Jan 19 2023 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing adding mitigating climate change to its national focus over the next four years. The EPA on Thursday announced it’s considering adding environmental justice,...
U.S. Appeals Court to Weigh NCAA Case Over Pay for Athletes
Jan 19 2023 // The NCAA will ask a federal appeals court next month to block a lawsuit that seeks to have athletes treated as employees who are paid for their time, the latest high-profile challenge to amateurism in college sports. The...
Airbus Withdraws From U.S. FAA Boeing Safety Culture Panel
Jan 19 2023 // European planemaker Airbus said it had withdrawn from a U.S. government-named panel reviewing Boeing’s safety processes and how they influence Boeing safety culture after two fatal 737 MAX crashes in recent years...
FTX Reports $415M in Hacked Crypto, Bankman-Fried Says FTX U.S. Is Solvent
Jan 18 2023 // Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX said in a report to creditors on Tuesday that about $415 million in cryptocurrency had been stolen in hacks. FTX has said it had recovered over $5 billion in crypto, cash and liquid securities,...
Russia Criticizes Reuters Story on Russian Hackers Targeting U.S. Nuclear Scientists
Jan 13 2023 // Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday criticized Reuters for spreading what it said was poorly sourced anti-Russian propaganda with a story about a Russian hacking team which targeted three nuclear research...
U.S. Securities Regulator Lists April for Climate Rule Action
Jan 13 2023 // The top U.S. securities regulator has cited April as the release date for a long-anticipated rule on companies’ climate-related disclosures, according to a recent federal notice. In a draft proposal last March the...
U.S. Congress to Investigate FAA Computer Outage That Snarled Flights
Jan 12 2023 // U.S. lawmakers will review the cause of a Federal Aviation Administration computer system outage overnight on Tuesday that sparked a nationwide ground stop and delayed or canceled more than 10,000 U.S. flights. Senate...
Google Argues it Doesn’t Block Rivals in Bid to Kill U.S. Government Antitrust Lawsuit
Jan 12 2023 // Google parent Alphabet on Wednesday argued that a court should toss out a government antitrust lawsuit against it, saying that agreements it made with Apple and others to make Google the default search engine do not bar...
Reinsurers Retreat From U.S. Disaster Hotspots on Climate Risks
Jan 12 2023 // Reinsurers are increasingly reconsidering their business in natural disaster-prone locations including California and Florida as losses mount, according to Moody’s Investors Service. Climate change has increased...
Update: U.S. Flight Departures Resume After FAA Lifts Ground Stop
Jan 11 2023 // US flight departures began resuming early Wednesday after an overnight outage to a key air-traffic system prompted authorities to ground planes nationwide. The Federal Aviation Administration said normal air traffic...
U.S. Climate Disasters Racked Up $165 Billion in Damage in 2022
Jan 11 2023 // A massive hurricane, a historic drought, and 16 other major disasters across the US collectively racked up $165 billion in damages and killed at least 474 people in 2022, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
