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#1 Insurance Sector Should Be on the Lookout for ‘Scattered Spider’ Hackers
Jun 23 2025 // Watch out, insurance industry. A well-known cybercrime group appears to have shifted focus to insurers. Apparently, recent cybersecurity incidents at Erie Insurance, Philadelphia Insurance Cos., and most recently Aflac are...
#2 Aflac Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach of Customer Info
Jun 25 2025 // An Alabama law firm wasted little time in filing a proposed class-action lawsuit against Aflac Inc., claiming the supplemental insurance giant knew the risks of a cyberattack and failed to protect policyholders’...
#3 AT&T’s $177M Data Breach Settlement Wins US Court Approval
Jun 23 2025 // A U.S. judge granted preliminary approval on Friday to a $177-million settlement that resolves lawsuits against AT&T over breaches in 2024 that exposed personal information belonging to tens of millions of the telecom...
#4 2024 Grocery Chain Cyberattack Exposed Data of 2.2 Million Employees, Others
Jun 30 2025 // Ahold Delhaize USA Services, the Dutch company that owns Stop & Shop and Hannaford grocery stores across New England and others across the country, reported on June 26 that a cyberattack last November likely exposed...
#5 US Probes Ex-Ransom Negotiator Accused of Scheming With Hackers
Jul 2 2025 // Law enforcement officials are investigating a former employee of a company that negotiates with hackers and facilitates cryptocurrency payments during ransomware attacks, according to a statement from the firm,...
#6 Viewpoint: Cyber Is a Product for Everyone, so Let’s Start Acting Like it
Jun 26 2025 // If this latest wave of retail cyberattacks proves anything, it’s that any business in any sector and of any size can find itself breached. These aren’t fringe incidents anymore; they’re national news,...
#7 Dechert Law Firm Settles Claims It Used Hired Hackers With No Admission of Liability
Jul 11 2025 // Philadelphia-based law firm Dechert said on Thursday that a pair of U.S. lawsuits accusing it of using hired hackers to win in court have been resolved without any admission of liability. Dechert and others, including U.S....
#8 Insurance Sector Should Be on the Lookout for ‘Scattered Spider’ Hackers
Jul 7 2025 // Watch out, insurance industry. A well-known cybercrime group appears to have shifted focus to insurers. Apparently, recent cybersecurity incidents at Erie Insurance, Philadelphia Insurance Cos., and Aflac are indicative of...
#9 Beazley Report: US Executives Misjudge Cyber Preparedness
Jun 30 2025 // U.S.-based executives feel more prepared to counter cyber threats, potentially indicating a false sense of security because many companies lack the ability to be adequately prepared, according to a new report from...
#10 US Warns Iran-Tied Hackers Pose Ongoing Risk to American Firms
Jun 30 2025 // Iran-affiliated hackers remain a potential threat to critical sectors of the US economy, including defense contractors and other American organizations, according to a bulletin published Monday from the FBI, the National...
#11 Louis Vuitton Korea Suffers Cyberattack as Customer Data Leaked
Jul 7 2025 // Louis Vuitton Korea suffered a cyberattack that compromised some customer data, the second time in recent months that hackers have targeted the world’s largest luxury group. The Korean unit of LVMH’s flagship...
#12 United Natural Foods Projects Up to $400 Million Sales Hit After Cyber Breach
Jul 17 2025 // Providence, Rhode Island-headquartered United Natural Foods on Wednesday flagged about $350 million to $400 million hit to its fiscal 2025 net sales from an unauthorized activity on its internal networks. The grocery...
#13 Coalition Re’s New Helios Platform Allows Cedants to Gain Real-Time Cyber Insights
Jun 24 2025 // Coalition today introduced Coalition Re’s Helios platform, a new tool that allows cedants to view real-time cyber risk exposures in their portfolios and manage them more effectively. With the Helios platform,...
#14 Cyberattack on UK Health Firm Contributed to Patient Death
Jun 26 2025 // A cyberattack that caused disruption at hospitals in London last year contributed to the death of a patient, health officials have confirmed for the first time. The incident occurred after a Russian hacking gang in June...
#15 Cyberattack on Brazil Tech Provider Hits Reserve Accounts of Some Financial Institutions
Jul 3 2025 // Brazil’s central bank said on Wednesday that technology services provider C&M Software, which serves financial institutions lacking connectivity infrastructure, had reported a cyberattack on its systems. The bank...
#16 Chinese Hackers Still Trying to Break Into Telecoms Across Globe
Jul 18 2025 // A Chinese hacking group has continued to target phone and wireless providers around the world, compromising devices tied to seven telecommunications companies since February, according to a bulletin that a cybersecurity...
#17 Cybersecurity Bosses Grow Increasingly Worried About AI Attacks and Misuse
Jul 17 2025 // Nearly a quarter of cybersecurity bosses said their companies have experienced an attack powered by artificial intelligence in the past year, according to a new survey in which AI risk emerged as the defining...
#18 Canada Says Network Devices Compromised in China-Linked Hack
Jun 23 2025 // Canada’s cybersecurity agency said Chinese-backed hackers were likely behind recent malicious activity targeting domestic telecommunications infrastructure, warning that three network devices registered to a Canadian...
#19 Agents Must Take the Lead on Personal Cyber Coverage, Report Says
Jul 7 2025 // While major corporate cyber hacking makes the news nearly every day, what about hackers in homes? As personal lives and residences become more intertwined with the internet, consumers are at greater risk of personal...
#20 M&S Says April Cyberattack Caused by Third-Party Impersonation
Jul 10 2025 // The cyberattack that derailed Marks & Spencer Group Plc’s operations for weeks was the result of a “sophisticated impersonation” of one of the retailer’s third-party users, according to Chairman...
