Latest Cyber Headlines
All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hackers Auction Off Stolen LendingTree Consumers’ Data
Jun 24 2024 // Hackers are selling data about consumers of the LendingTree Inc. subsidiary QuoteWizard after the company detected unauthorized access on a cloud database hosted by Snowflake Inc., according to a person familiar with the...
CDK Begins Restoring Systems After Cyber Hack Hits Thousands of Retailers
Jun 24 2024 // Retail technology and software provider CDK Global has begun work to restore systems used by over 15,000 retail locations across North America, the company said in a statement on Sunday, adding that it expects the process...
Hackers Auction Off Stolen LendingTree Consumers’ Data: Source
Jun 21 2024 // Hackers are selling data about consumers of the LendingTree Inc. subsidiary QuoteWizard after the company detected unauthorized access on a cloud database hosted by Snowflake Inc., according to a person familiar with the...
UK Hospital Hackers Claim to Publish Stolen NHS Data
Jun 21 2024 // The cyber criminals taking credit for the hack on London hospitals earlier this month have published what they claim is stolen data from the attack. England’s National Health Service said in a statement Friday it was...
Massachusetts 911 System Restored After Outage Caused by Firewall, Not Cyber Attack
Jun 20 2024 // The 911 system across Massachusetts was restored Tuesday after going down for several hours, which made it impossible for anyone to reach emergency services through the call number. The Massachusetts State Police announced...
Car Dealerships Across US Halt Services After Cyberattack
Jun 20 2024 // Thousands of car dealerships were ground to a halt during a normally busy holiday Wednesday by a cyber incident at CDK Global, a major software provider for dealers across the US. The company “shut all systems down...
Hackers Demand as Much as $5 Million From Snowflake Clients
Jun 19 2024 // Cybercriminals are demanding payments of between $300,000 and $5 million apiece from as many as 10 companies breached in a campaign that targeted Snowflake Inc. customers, according to a security firm helping with the...
UK Hospital Hackers Say They’ve Demanded $50 Million in Ransom
Jun 19 2024 // A cohort of Russian-speaking hackers is demanding $50 million from a UK lab-services provider to end a ransomware attack that has paralyzed services at London hospitals for weeks, according to a representative for the...
City in Upstate New York Restoring Systems Disrupted by Cyber Incident
Jun 17 2024 // The city of Newburgh in New York’s Orange County is today reopening its City Hall while continuing to work on restoring municipal services following identification of a cyber incident last Monday. The network...
People Moves: Canopius Taps Getty From Talbot for Cyber Team; Howden Promotes Hipson to Head of London Broking
Jun 17 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at special re/insurer Chaucer Group and the London-based broker Howden. A summary of these new hires follows here. Canopius Taps Getty From Talbot for Cyber...
London Hospitals Knew of Cyber Vulnerabilities Years Before Hack
Jun 17 2024 // A group of London hospitals struggling to contain the fallout from a cyberattack against a critical supplier had known for years about weaknesses that left them vulnerable to hacks, according to documents reviewed by...
Survey: Mid-Market Leaders Peg Cyber, Economy and Regulation as Top Concerns
Jun 17 2024 // Business leaders place cybersecurity, the economy, regulatory challenges and global instability among their top concerns for the coming year, fueled by factors such as AI, climate change, nuclear verdicts and political...
Marsh: Cyber Extortion Reached Record High in US and Canada in 2023
Jun 14 2024 // Multiple companies in the U.S. and Canada experienced a record number of cyber extortion events in 2023 and unprecedented demands, a new report from Marsh shows. The report, Ransomware: A persistent challenge in cyber...
Snowflake to Close Probe Into Cyberattack Targeting Clients
Jun 14 2024 // Snowflake Inc. plans to close its own investigation this week into a hacking campaign that ensnared as many as 165 of its customers. The cloud data and analytics company hasn’t detected any unauthorized access into...
Canada’s Largest School Board Targeted by Ransomware Attack
Jun 13 2024 // Canada’s largest school district is investigating a cyber incident, adding to a series of ransomware attacks that have caused disruptions to companies and public institutions in the country. The Toronto District...
HHS Says UnitedHealth Can Notify Patients of Data Breach
Jun 12 2024 // U.S. healthcare providers can ask UnitedHealth Group to notify people whose data was exposed during a hack on the company’s Change Healthcare unit in February, according to an update on the health department’s...
Massachusetts Town Loses $446,000 in Cyber Attack
Jun 12 2024 // The Massachusetts town of Arlington reports it has lost $445,945 in funds intended for a contractor working on a high school building project that were instead diverted to hackers orchestrating a wire fraud scam. Town...
A London Hospital Is Asking Its Own Workers for Blood After Cyberattack
Jun 12 2024 // A London hospital, facing blood supply disruptions after a cyberattack last week paralyzed operations, is asking its own clinical workers for blood. King’s College Hospital is calling on staff with the blood type O...
Markets/Coverages: MGA Nirvana Renews Media, Tech & Cyber Binder With Increased Media Liability Line
Jun 7 2024 // Nirvana, the London-based managing general agent and Lloyd’s coverholder, announced the renewal of its Media/Technology Errors & Omissions and Cyber (MTC) binding authority with an increased £/$/€10 million...
Russian Hackers Claim Cyberattack on Spanish Defense Company
Jun 7 2024 // Santa Barbara Systems, a General Dynamics subsidiary in Spain that is refurbishing Leopard tanks for delivery to Ukraine, suffered a cyberattack on its website, a pro-Russia hacker group said. A spokesperson for General...
