Articles by Raphael Satter and Sarah Young

BA, BBC and Boots Caught Up in File Transfer Hack

Tens of thousands of employees of British Airways, the UK drugstore chain Boots and Britain’s BBC were among those whose personal data was exposed following a wide-ranging breach centered on a popular file transfer tool, the organizations confirmed on Monday. …

Cyber Hack to Cost UK Outsourcer Capita Up to $25M

British outsourcing company Capita warned it would take a 15 million pound to 20 million pound ($25 million) hit after its systems were hacked in a cyber incident earlier this year. Capita, which provides business support services to government and …

Cyber Attacks Bring New Clients – Including Insurers – to Defense Firms

A broadening wave of cyber attacks is drumming up new clients for defense companies as anxiety about the loss of sensitive data spreads from military chiefs to company bosses. Banks, utilities and media groups are the new customers of defense …

Prospects Fade for Early Settlement by BP with U.S. Over Gulf Oil Disaster

Hopes BP can settle early out of court on liability for its 2010 U.S. Gulf oil spill looked forlorn on Wednesday after U.S. prosecutors laid out a legal case for gross negligence on which tens of billions of dollars hang. …

Carnival, Tourism Industry, Insurers Tally Cost of Cruise Ship Accident

The cruise ship industry faces an uphill task to restore confidence among customers spooked by images of the stricken Costa Concordia flipped on its side in Italian waters on Monday and could suffer a hit to sales in a key …

Shell North Sea Pipeline Leak – ‘Substantial’

Royal Dutch Shell’s ruptured pipeline in the North Sea has already caused a “substantial” oil spill, with oil still leaking into the sea on Monday, the British government said on Monday. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) said: …