Latest Cyber Headlines
All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Investigators Suspect Anthem Breach Began with ‘Phishing’ of Employees
Feb 10 2015 // The hackers who stole millions of health insurance records from Anthem Inc. commandeered the credentials of five different employees while seeking to penetrate the company’s computer network — and they may have...
Conn. Tax Commissioner Says Anthem Customers Should File Taxes Quickly
Feb 10 2015 // Connecticut’s tax commissioner is urging taxpayers expecting federal or state income tax refunds who may be affected by the Anthem data breach to file their taxes quickly. Kevin Sullivan, head of the Department of...
U.S. Forming Central Cybersecurity Agency
Feb 10 2015 // The U.S. government is creating a new agency to monitor cybersecurity threats, pooling and analyzing information on a spectrum of risks, a senior Obama administration official said on Tuesday. The Cyber Threat Intelligence...
Smartcars Pose Cyber Risk to Drivers, Senator Warns
Feb 10 2015 // Automakers are adding wireless technologies into vehicles without enough protection to keep hackers from interfering the operation of a car or stealing personal information, according to a report by U.S. Senator Edward...
N.Y. Announces New, Targeted Cybersecurity Assessments for Insurers
Feb 9 2015 // New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) today released a report on cybersecurity in the New York insurance industry and announced a series of measures that DFS will take to help strengthen cyber hacking...
Commercial Lines Softening to Continue in U.S. in 2015: Marsh
Feb 9 2015 // Competition among property/casualty insurance carriers and the flow of capital into the industry are continuing to drive down rates in most U.S. commercial lines and conditions are particularly favorable for clients with...
Utah Seeing More Cyber-Attacks, Likely Due To NSA Facility
Feb 9 2015 // Utah state officials have seen what they describe as a sharp uptick in attempts to hack into state computers in the last two years, and they think it related to the NSA data center south of Salt Lake City. The increase...
Barrage of Cyber Attacks Force Companies to Rethink Defense Strategies
Feb 9 2015 // A barrage of damaging cyber attacks is shaking up the security industry, with some businesses and organizations no longer assuming they can keep hackers at bay, and instead turning to waging a guerrilla war from within...
Cyber Insurance: The Last Line of Defense or Frontline Offense?
Feb 9 2015 // It’s a common saying in the cybersecurity industry that if you haven’t yet suffered a cyberattack, you soon will. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, this year alone has seen more than 600 data...
E&O Experts: Agents Not Immune to Cyber Segment Exposures
Feb 9 2015 // In today’s digital world of constant communication through methods like email, texting and social media, consumers expect 24/7 access to everyone, including their insurance agent. And while this access can increase...
Growing Cyber Exposure
Feb 9 2015 // Like all businesses today, the nonprofit sector is struggling to understand how to handle the growing concern of cyber risk in their organizations. Cyber and privacy coverage is the new employment practices liability, says...
California Consumer Sues Anthem Over Data Breach
Feb 6 2015 // Anthem Inc. faces what may be the first of many consumer lawsuits a day after disclosing that hackers obtained data on tens of millions of current and former customers and employees. A California woman on Thursday accused...
White House Urges Action on Cyber Bill After Anthem Attack
Feb 6 2015 // President Barack Obama’s top advisers urged Congress to act quickly to strengthen consumer data protections after the security breach at Anthem Inc. “Hardly a week goes by when the problem is not on the front...
States Begin Investigating Insurer Anthem’s Data Breach
Feb 6 2015 // Several U.S. states are investigating a massive cyber attack on No. 2 U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc that a person familiar with the matter said is being examined for possible ties to China. Anthem disclosed the attack...
Health Insurer Anthem Hit with Cyber Attack
Feb 5 2015 // Hackers have stolen personal information relating to current and former customers and staff of no. 2 U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc., after breaching an IT system containing data on up to 80 million people, the company...
Willis Re Launches Cyber Risk Modeling Tool – PRISM-Re™
Feb 3 2015 // Willis Re, the reinsurance division of Willis Group Holdings plc, announced that it has launched “the insurance industry’s first cyber risk modeling tool that will enable insurers to quantify and manage their...
Obama Budget: Taxes, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Crop Insurance, Wildfires
Feb 2 2015 // President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a $3.99 trillion budget for fiscal year 2016 that sets up a battle with Republicans over programs to boost the middle class that are funded by higher taxes on corporations and...
ACE Launches Cyber Risk Unit for Continental Europe
Feb 2 2015 // ACE Group announced the launch of a new, independent cyber risk business unit as it continues to strengthen its local underwriting and risk management capabilities across Continental Europe. The announcement follows...
Florida Colleges Rushing to Offer Degrees in Cybersecurity
Jan 26 2015 // The now infamous computer hacks infuriated consumers who had personal information compromised and Hollywood honchos who had embarrassing emails made public. But headline-grabbing computer intrusions are only a fraction of...
What Else Is on the Cyber Horizon?
Jan 26 2015 // The massive Sony Corp. breach that occurred at the end of 2014 has been a huge example of the far reaching and costly effects a breach can have — and not just to businesses. Greg Schaefer, president and founder of...
