Latest Cyber Headlines
All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
US Cyber Agency Warns of Compromise at Sisense Data Firm
Apr 11 2024 // The US lead agency for federal cybersecurity is warning that Sisense Inc., a data analytics company, has suffered a compromise that could expose customer credentials and cryptographic secrets. Sisense provides AI-driven...
People Moves: AXIS Global Markets’ Head of Underwriting Robson to Retire, Succeeded by MacGregor; Newline Europe Names Beckers as Head of Cyber Liability
Apr 10 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXIS Global Markets and Newline Europe. A summary of these new hires follows here. AXIS Global Markets’ Head of Underwriting Robson to Retire,...
Hackers Claim to Have UnitedHealth’s Stolen Data – But Is It a Bluff?
Apr 10 2024 // A freshly formed hacking gang claims to have won access to a massive stash of data stolen from UnitedHealth Group, the largest U.S. health insurer, but with little evidence to go on it is not clear whether they are telling...
Israel Cyber Firm Claroty Eyes 2025 US IPO at $3.5B Value: Report
Apr 9 2024 // Israeli cyber security startup Claroty is preparing a possible U.S. initial public offering in 2025 at a valuation of $3.5 billion, the Calcalist financial daily reported on Tuesday. Calcalist, without citing sources, said...
LineSlip Solutions Launches Peer Comps: Breakthrough Cyber Insurance Modeling Tool
Apr 8 2024 // New Solution Empowers Insurance Brokers and Buyers with Unparalleled Cyber Insurance Benchmarking NEW YORK, April 8, 2024 – LineSlip, the leading provider of data analytics for commercial insurance brokers, risk...
Why Near-Miss Cyberattack Put US Officials and Tech Industry on Edge
Apr 8 2024 // German software developer Andres Freund was running some detailed performance tests last month when he noticed odd behavior in a little-known program. What he found when he investigated has sent shudders across the...
Japanese Lens Maker Hoya Halts Production After Cyberattack
Apr 4 2024 // Japanese lens maker Hoya Corp. on Thursday said the production of several of its products have stopped after a system failure, which was “most likely caused by unauthorized access” to its servers. Hoya said the...
AXA Plans Cyber Risk Prevention Campaign Ahead of Paris Olympics
Apr 3 2024 // AXA SA is planning a campaign to help prevent cyberattacks targeting France in the run-up to the Paris Olympics next summer. The insurer will share key measures with French corporate clients to improve the protection of...
Markets/Coverages: Munich Re’s HSB Launches Cyber Insurance for Autos
Apr 3 2024 // With millions of connected vehicles on U.S. roads, personal cars and trucks will likely be the next big target for hackers and cyber thieves, according to specialty insurer HSB, which has launched a new cyber insurance...
Microsoft Faulted for ‘Inadequate’ Cyber Practices in US Report
Apr 3 2024 // A Chinese-state intrusion last year of Microsoft Corp. technology that enabled hackers to gather US officials’ emails “should never have occurred,” according to a report released Tuesday from a government...
How Do Insurers Define Systemic Cyber Risk?
Apr 2 2024 // Systemic cyber risk is being discussed as a growing concern for insurers as technology advances and interconnectivity increases, but how is this risk defined? That may be one of its gray areas. “As you go through...
US Executive Gets UK Judgments Thrown Out After Revealing Hackers Swayed His Case
Apr 2 2024 // An American aviation executive has had British judgments worth more than $4 million against him thrown out after a judge ruled that his legal opponent had covered up its use of hackers to steal the businessman’s...
AT&T Notifies Users of Data Breach, Resets Millions of Passcodes
Apr 1 2024 // AT&T said it has begun notifying millions of customers about the theft of personal data recently discovered online. The telecommunications giant said Saturday that a dataset found on the “dark web” contains...
Viewpoint: AI Is Changing the Cyber Risk Landscape
Apr 1 2024 // Innovation is at the heart of the human experience, with a constant stream of new ideas and inventions changing the way we conduct business. But seismic shifts in technology don’t come all at once, or even at a...
Underwriters’ Dilemma: Is AI a Cyber or Tech E&O Risk?
Apr 1 2024 // When it comes to artificial intelligence, more questions than answers keep underwriters from venturing into the space and lead to a lack of clarity, according to panelists at The Professional Liability Underwriting...
The Cyber Risk Pendulum
Apr 1 2024 // Privacy risk is so 2014, right? Ten years ago, numerous retail and healthcare companies were hit with data breaches related to the exposure of credit card or healthcare data. Given many data breach claims, which included...
US Offers $10M Bounty for Information on ‘Blackcat’ Hackers Who Hit UnitedHealth
Mar 28 2024 // The U.S. State Department on Wednesday offered up to $10 million for information on the “Blackcat” ransomware gang who hit the UnitedHealth Group’s tech unit and snarled insurance payments across...
UnitedHealth Offers Over $3.3B in Loans to Providers Hit by Cyberattack on Unit
Mar 28 2024 // UnitedHealth Group said on Wednesday it has advanced more than $3.3 billion in loans to care providers impacted by a cyberattack on the U.S. healthcare conglomerate’s tech unit last month. Earlier this month,...
Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Computers of Georgia City Police and Medical Clinic
Mar 28 2024 // Robert Purbeck, also known as “Lifelock,” and “Studmaster,” who hacked into the computer servers of the police department of Newnan, Georgia and a medical clinic in Griffin, Georgia, has pleaded...
Clorox Audit Revealed Cybersecurity Flaws at Its Plants in 2020
Mar 27 2024 // A few years before a 2023 cyberattack disrupted manufacturing at one of the largest US producers of disinfectants ahead of flu season, an audit warned of systemic cybersecurity flaws within the company’s production...
