Latest Cyber Headlines
All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
2 Texans Plead Guilty to Spending Spree Funded by Cyber Fraud
Dec 8 2020 // Two individuals in Texas have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obtain information from a protected computer, according to U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of...
As They Focus on COVID-19 Surge, Hospitals Become Targets for Cyber Attacks
Dec 8 2020 // By late morning on Oct. 28, staff at the University of Vermont Medical Center noticed the hospital’s phone system wasn’t working. Then the internet went down, and the Burlington-based center’s technical...
CPP Group UK and Partners& Offer Cyber Risk Assessment Tool
Dec 7 2020 // CPP Group UK and Partners& are now offering access to a risk management tool to help brokers and their customers identify and mitigate cyber vulnerabilities. The risk management tool KYND instantly identifies an...
New Aon Cyber Offering Targets High Net Worth Individuals, Executives
Dec 4 2020 // Aon plc has expanded its Cyber Secure Select offering to include an enhanced cyber insurance program for high net worth individuals and executives. This new insurance offering in partnership with Aspen Insurance expands on...
IBM Warns COVID Vaccine ‘Cold Chain’ Process Has Been Targeted by Hackers
Dec 4 2020 // IBM is sounding the alarm over hackers targeting companies critical to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, a sign that digital spies are turning their attention to the complex logistical work involved in inoculating the...
Philadelphia Hunger Group Loses Nearly $1M in Cyberattack
Dec 3 2020 // The Philadelphia region’s largest hunger-relief group has lost nearly $1 million in a cyberattack. Thieves infiltrated the group’s computer systems in the spring through a phishing scam, Philabundance chief...
Insuring Cyber Podcast Episode 3: Underneath ‘the Tip of the A.I. Iceberg’ in Insurance
Dec 2 2020 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Nearly 75% of respondents in a recent survey from the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud and Shift Technology said they believe that among relevant technology, artificial intelligence (A.I.)...
University of Vermont Medical Center Continuing Cyber Attack Recovery
Dec 1 2020 // The University of Vermont Medical Center is continuing to recover from the cyber attack late last month that crippled access to electronic records at the Burlington hospital. On Tuesday, the hospital said it had...
Home Depot to Pay $17.5 Million to Settle With States Over 2014 Data Breach Claims
Nov 25 2020 // Home Depot Inc., the largest U.S. home improvement retailer, on Tuesday reached a $17.5 million settlement to resolve a multistate probe into a 2014 data breach where hackers accessed payment card data belonging to 40...
COVID-19-Related Data Breach Affects Thousands in Delaware
Nov 24 2020 // Public health officials in Delaware on Sunday disclosed that the personal information of thousands of people who were tested for the coronavirus this summer was mistakenly shared with an unauthorized individual. The...
Howden Buys Cyber and Tech Specialist Broker Safeonline
Nov 23 2020 // Howden, the international insurance broker, announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Safeonline, a London-based cyber and tech specialist broker and Lloyd’s coverholder. The acquisition underlines the...
Aon Secures $70M in Alternative Capital Capacity to Transfer Systemic Cyber Risk
Nov 19 2020 // Insurance broker Aon plc has launched a new product with Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd. (an asset manager undertaking its re/insurance business as HSCM Bermuda) to protect insurers and reinsurers against...
Intact, Resilience Insurance to Provide Cyber Risk Coverage, Services
Nov 19 2020 // Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions, the brand for Intact Financial Corporation’s (IFC) U.S. insurance company subsidiaries, has launched cyber insurance options that will be offered in partnership with program...
The Insuring Cyber Podcast Episode 2: Forget the Stars, Insurers are Shooting for the Cloud
Nov 18 2020 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Recent research shows that more insurers are taking advantage of Cloud technology for data storage and managing business functions. According to a 2018 report from Novarica called Cloud...
Cyber Security Top Concern for Businesses in ‘Age of Risk:’ Marsh & McLennan’s Glaser
Nov 17 2020 // Cyber security has emerged as the most pressing exposure for business confronting a new “age of risk,” topping the coronavirus pandemic and climate change, in part because cybercrime is so pervasive, the head...
AXIS Insurance Hires 6 Underwriters for Cyber and Technology Team
Nov 5 2020 // AXIS Insurance, the specialty insurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced the hiring of three lead underwriters and three senior underwriters within its U.S. Cyber and Technology team. The three...
Investigation Into North Carolina Community College Cyberattack Ongoing
Nov 3 2020 // A data breach at a North Carolina community college may have affected many of its current and former students. The Greensboro News & Records reported last week that Guilford Technical Community College was hit with a...
Wisconsin Republican Party: Hackers Stole $2.3M
Nov 2 2020 // Hackers have stolen $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party’s account that was being used to help reelect President Donald Trump in the key battleground state, the party’s chairman told The Associated...
Russia-Based Hackers Plan New Wave of Attacks Against U.S. Hospitals: Security Firm
Nov 2 2020 // A Russia-based ransomware group responsible for a new wave of attacks against U.S. hospitals is laying the groundwork to cripple at least ten more, according to the cyber-security firm Prevailion Inc. Prevailion’s...
1 in 4 Businesses Has Experienced Cyber Event, Travelers Survey Finds
Nov 2 2020 // Nearly one in four respondents (22%) out of more than 1,200 business leaders surveyed in 2020 Travelers’ Cyber Risk Index said their firm was the victim of a cyber event — the highest percentage since the...
