Latest Cyber Headlines
All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Shareholders Sue Murdoch’s News Corp.
Jul 14 2011 // A group of News Corp. shareholders have sued the media conglomerate over a phone-hacking scandal at its now-closed News of the World tabloid in London. The lawsuit accuses News Corp. of large-scale governance failures...
Murdoch’s News Corp to Close News of the World
Jul 7 2011 // Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation will close its tabloid News of the World after this Sunday’s edition, as a result of an escalating phone hacking scandal, James Murdoch said on Thursday. “The News of the...
Demolition of Flooded Homes on Iowa Island Begins
Jul 7 2011 // Contractors have started tearing down homes damaged in 2008 by flooding on San Souci Island in Waterloo, Iowa. Twenty houses in the island were turned over to the city in a $4 million buyout program authorized by the...
U.S. Official Calls for Legal Framework to Fight Cyber Crime
Jul 5 2011 // Cyber criminals are outwitting national and international legal systems that fail to embrace technological advances, a top U.S. official said on Friday, demanding a cross-border campaign to combat the security...
New Chubb Service Assists Businesses With Data Breach Fallout
Jul 5 2011 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. has introduced a new service to help businesses manage a data breach. In the event of a data breach, the service can refer business managers to a specialist law firm, which can conduct a...
Cyber World
Jul 4 2011 // Barely a day goes by without news of another data breach at a major corporation or institution. From Sony to Citicorp and the International Monetary Fund to the U.S. Senate, systems have proved vulnerable to hackers with...
Alabama Governor Vows Tornado, Home Insurance Help
Jul 4 2011 // Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley said he’s not looking to the Federal Emergency Management Agency or anyone else to lead the state’s recovery. “Just like I have taken the leadership role in the disaster,...
Cyber World
Jul 4 2011 // Barely a day goes by without news of another data breach at a major corporation or institution. From Sony to Citicorp, and the International Monetary Fund to the U.S. Senate, systems have proved vulnerable to hackers with...
Cyber World
Jul 4 2011 // Barely a day goes by without news of another data breach at a major corporation or institution. From Sony to Citicorp, and the International Monetary Fund to the U.S. Senate, systems have proved vulnerable to hackers with...
Individuals, Not Just Corporations, Face Cyber Risks
Jul 4 2011 // While the big news is about hacks into the CIA’s and Senate’s public Web sites, Citigroup and Lockheed Martin, tens of thousands of people are victimized by cyber criminals each year, sometimes with devastating...
Declarations
Jul 4 2011 // A Smaller Zone “We actually have less acreage in the flood zone than before. … We were quite pleased.” —Broussard Mayor Charles Langlinais commented on the impact on his city of a new flood map for...
Cyber World
Jul 4 2011 // Barely a day goes by without news of another data breach at a major corporation or institution. From Sony to Citicorp, and the International Monetary Fund to the U.S. Senate, systems have proved vulnerable to hackers with...
U.S. Calls for Cross-Border Laws to Counter Cyber Attacks
Jul 1 2011 // Cyber criminals are outwitting national and international legal systems that fail to embrace technological advances, a top U.S. official said on Friday, demanding a cross-border campaign to combat the security...
Sony Says Protecting Content Made It Hackers’ Target
Jun 28 2011 // Sony Corp. believes it was targeted by hackers because it tried to protect its intellectual property, CEO Howard Stringer told a shareholders’ meeting at which he sidestepped a call for him to step down over the...
LulzSec Hackers Say Disbanding After Last Data Dump
Jun 27 2011 // The Lulz Security group of rogue hackers announced it was disbanding Saturday with one last data dump, which included internal AOL Inc. and AT&T documents. LulzSec, which gained wide recognition for breaching the...
Citi Skimped on ID Theft Protection for Data Breach Victims: Reuters
Jun 24 2011 // After a massive data breach last month, Citigroup did not offer its hacked clients the same degree of identity-theft protection that many other companies provide, drawing criticism from privacy advocates. Citigroup, which...
Firms Shift Cybersecurity Responsibility to Frontline Employees
Jun 22 2011 // If your company gets hacked, it may very well be your fault, and if your bank account gets broken into by digital thieves, you might be to blame too. The question, though, is whether you’ll ever actually be punished...
Hackers Bring Down British Police Web Site
Jun 20 2011 // Hackers temporarily knocked offline a Website run by the British police Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA), which targets organized crime in Britain and overseas. Lulz Security, a loosely aligned hacker group which said...
Markel Updates DataBreach Policy
Jun 20 2011 // Markel has updated its DataBreach cyber liability policy amidst recent reports of increased hacking activity. The new form will offer broader coverage and higher limits while maintaining the current structure, which is...
Expert Assesses Cyberinsurance Market: Demand, Prevention, Recovery
Jun 20 2011 // Demand for cyberinsurance was rising even before the most recent highly-publicized parade of breaches at major corporations and organizations. After the news of the first major Sony hack but before the subsequent reports...
