Latest Cyber Headlines
All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People Moves: BHSI Promotes Browne, Holmes to Global U/W Posts; AXA XL Bolsters Energy Team With 3 Hires; MGA Alta Signa Names Marongiu Technical Head of Cyber U/W
May 9 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), AXA XL, and the MGA Alta Signa Europe. A summary of these new hires follows here. BHSI Promotes Browne,...
Lloyd’s Cyber War Exclusions: Confusing, Disruptive, but Necessary?
May 9 2023 // The rollout of the Lloyd’s cyber war exclusions has received considerable criticism for the chaos and confusion caused in the weeks leading up to the March 31st effective date. But there are some certainties to keep...
Ex-Uber Security Chief Gets No Prison Time for Hack Coverup
May 8 2023 // Uber Technologies Inc.’s former security chief was spared from prison for concealing a massive data breach in 2016. Joe Sullivan’s sentencing to three years of probation Thursday followed his conviction by a...
$1.1M Paid to Resolve Ransomware Attack On California County
May 8 2023 // A $1.1 million payment was made to resolve a ransomware attack on a California county’s law enforcement computer network, Southern California News Group reported. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department...
People Moves: Beazley’s Cyber Security Unit Lodestone Appoints Kizziah as CEO; Howden Tiger Fac Names Warne From Inigo to Lead Terrorism & Political Violence
May 8 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at cybersecurity firm Lodestone Security and the broker Howden Tiger Fac. A summary of these new hires follows here. Beazley’s Cyber Security Unit...
Ransomware Attack Brings Down Dallas Police, Court Websites
May 5 2023 // DALLAS (AP) – Dallas was hit with a computer ransomware attack Wednesday that brought down its Police Department and City Hall websites and caused some jury trials to be canceled, officials said. The outage...
New Jersey Appeals Court Affirms War Exclusion Does Not Apply to Cyber Attack
May 2 2023 // The appellate division of New Jersey Superior Court has upheld a state trial court opinion that the war exclusion in drugmaker Merck & Co.’s all-risk property insurance policies does not apply in the case of the...
Economic and Cyber Risks Lead Global D&O Concerns: Survey
May 2 2023 // At the top of increasing concerns for directors and officers around the globe are economic, geopolitical and cyber risks, according to the latest Directors and Officers Liability 2023 Survey released by Willis Towers...
Cyber Insurance Rate Hikes Moderate, While Property Prices Rise in Most Regions: Marsh
Apr 27 2023 // Average global cyber insurance prices continued to moderate in the first quarter, with average price increases of 11%, compared to 28% in Q4 2022, according to the Global Insurance Market Index published by insurance...
Cybersecurity Fail: Top 10 Passwords Used by the Insurance Industry
Apr 27 2023 // Despite cybersecurity experts’ repeated warnings, the insurance sector, along with other industries, is not doing a great job when it comes to creating secure passwords, says new research by password manager...
People Moves: QBE Nabs Davis From Beazley to Head Cyber; Dhillon Head of Markel’s Catastrophe, Exposure Management
Apr 26 2023 // QBE Names Davis to Newly Created Position: Global Head of Cyber QBE Insurance Group Limited has appointed Serene Davis to newly the created position global head of cyber. Davis will begin working in the role on May...
Lessons From Inside: Two Cyber Experts Share Biggest Risks for Companies
Apr 26 2023 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv On this episode of The Insuring Cyber Podcast, two cybersecurity experts shared their inside view of the current cyber risk landscape. “While working in the cybersecurity industry for...
People Moves: Hiscox Re & ILS Hires Hamilton Re’s Shah as Dir. of U/W Risk; BHSI Names Claims Execs in Germany; Aon’s Reins. Solutions Taps AXA XL’s Grigg for Cyber
Apr 26 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Hiscox Re & ILS, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), and Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions A summary of these new hires follows here. Hiscox...
U.S. Deploys More Cyber Forces Abroad to Help Fight Hackers
Apr 26 2023 // The United States is sending more of its cyber forces abroad to help foreign governments fight hackers, a top U.S. military official said at the RSA cybersecurity conference in San Francisco. In the last three years, the...
American Bar Association Sued Over Data Breach
Apr 25 2023 // A member of the American Bar Association (ABA) has filed a class-action lawsuit against the organization related to a recent data breach. Tiffany Troy, on behalf of herself and other affected members, filed the suit in...
DC Health Link Data Breach Blamed on Human Error
Apr 25 2023 // The recent data breach of personal information for thousands of users of Washington D.C.’s health insurance exchange, including members of Congress, was caused by basic human error, according to a top...
Capita Warns Customer Data May Have Been Stolen in Cyber Attack
Apr 21 2023 // Capita Plc, one of the UK’s biggest outsourcing companies, said that customer data may have been stolen during a recent cyberattack. There is “currently some evidence of limited data exfiltration from the small...
ChatGPT Poised to Expose Corporate Secrets, Cyber Firm Warns
Apr 20 2023 // Companies using generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT could be putting confidential customer information and trade secrets at risk, according to a report from Team8, an Israel-based venture firm. The...
Cyber Firm Group-IB Finalizes Exit From Russia to Spur Global Expansion Ambitions
Apr 20 2023 // Cybersecurity company Group-IB has finalized its exit from Russia, the group said on Thursday, cutting ties with its original market in an effort to spur its global expansion ambitions. Punitive Western sanctions against...
British Officials Sound Alarm on Spyware, Mercenary Hacking Market
Apr 20 2023 // British officials are sounding the alarm over the widespread abuse of surveillance software and hackers-for-hire, saying that thousands of people were being targeted each year by an industry they described as posing an...
