Latest Cyber Headlines
All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
OneBeacon Broadens @vantage for Information Technology Firms
May 26 2010 // OneBeacon Technology Group announced enhancements to its @vantage for Information Technology product designed for hardware, software and telecommunications companies. Two primary coverage areas have been broadened to...
The Hanover Partners With Identity Theft 911
May 18 2010 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has partnered with Identity Theft 911, an identity theft management and data-breach response service. The arrangement will enable The Hanover’s agents to provide their mid-size...
ACE USA Creates Data Breach Team, Enhancement Options
Apr 27 2010 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group, has made new enhancements to its privacy protection and network liability protection policies, including a suite of independent data breach specialists...
Washington Creates Data Security Law
Apr 8 2010 // Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire has signed legislation into law that encourages financial institutions to comply wtih that data security requirements — or face potential liability if a data breach...
Midlands Management Launches Data Breach Coverage
Mar 12 2010 // Midlands Management Corp., an operating subsidiary of PMA Capital Corp., has started a new program with data breach coverage. It is designed for clients in industries that are data intensive and required to comply with...
Google, Facebook Face Heat from Cyber-Bullying Cases
Mar 9 2010 // The Internet was built on freedom of expression. Society wants someone held accountable when that freedom is abused. And major Internet companies like Google and Facebook are finding themselves caught between those...
Audit: Oregon Data Security Still Needs Fixing
Mar 8 2010 // An audit by the Oregon Secretary of State’s office says there has been little progress in fixing serious gaps in the state’s data security systems. Auditors wrote in the report that the weaknesses could...
Security Breach Notification Laws Reinforce Need for Cyber Insurance
Mar 4 2010 // With more than 40 states now enforcing privacy and security breach notification laws, underwriters are working hard to scoop up the business this niche creates, while also tweaking their policy forms to provide the...
‘Hackers’ Prompt Lockton to Advise Risk Managers on Cyber Thieves
Feb 25 2010 // “A new wave of hacker attacks is breaching corporate and outsourced information systems with one information security firm recently detailing coordinated hacker attacks on 2,400 companies and government agencies...
U.S. Businesses Face Increasing Threats From Chinese Cyber Attacks
Jan 27 2010 // U.S. businesses and government agencies are facing increasing risks of potential cyber attacks from China, according to a recent report. And IT departments that react defensively to such attacks may not be doing enough to...
ACE Europe Appoints Ainslie Technology and Cyber Liability Underwriter
Jan 8 2010 // The ACE European Group has appointed Iain Ainslie to the role of Technology and Cyber Liability Underwriter. ACE said the appointment underscores its “commitment to enhancing its service offering and presence in this...
Maine Supreme Court Asked to Clarify Data Breach Law on Damages
Dec 3 2009 // Maine’s supreme court may have the final say over whether victims of the Hannaford supermarket chain’s data breach can sue for damages. A federal judge who’s considering a class-action lawsuit asked the...
Scientist Accuses Hackers of Climate e-mails of Attack on Conference
Nov 24 2009 // A leading climate change scientist, whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were stolen by hackers and posted online, says the leaks may have been aimed at undermining next month’s global...
The Hartford Enhances Cyber-Liability Policy
Nov 11 2009 // The Hartford is offering broader coverage for data privacy breaches and social media liability exposures as part of its cyber liability policy, the company said. “We’re seeing widespread adoption of social...
Surplus Lines Has Answer for Increasing Data Breach Exposure
Oct 5 2009 // Cell phones, smart phones, MP3 players, computers, e-mail, the list goes on and on of technological inventions that are part of our everyday lives. The observation that electronic data density doubles every 18 months —...
What to Know About Red Flags, Notification Laws and the Hi Tech Act
Sep 21 2009 // Data breaches have hit an all time high and with that have been a dramatic increase in new data security and privacy laws and regulations. Both state and federal regulations have been in place for several years with...
Small Businesses Confront Big Cyber Risks
Sep 7 2009 // Larger Firms Tend to Have More Data Security Resources The theft of personal and private data — from credit card information, to Social Security numbers, to health information, is a thriving global crime — and it is...
Small Businesses Confront Big Cyber Risks
Sep 7 2009 // Larger Firms Tend to Have More Data Security Resources The theft of personal and private data — from credit card information, to Social Security numbers, to health information, is a thriving global crime — and it is...
Lloyd’s Explores Terrorism/Internet Threats
Aug 27 2009 // Politico-social trends are rarely static; they evolve over time. Terrorism is no exception. An article on the Lloyd’s of London web site (www.lloyds.com) notes that “today’s extremists are just as intent...
Huge Hacking Case Highlights Companies’ Vulnerability to Breaches
Aug 24 2009 // Consumers and companies are vulnerable to hackers and identity thieves even after U.S. authorities arrested a man they said was a master hacker who stole 170 million credit and debit card numbers. Estimates on the total...
