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#1 Hospital to Pay $65M to End Suit Over Cyberattack That Exposed Patients’ Nude Photos
Sep 12 2024 // Lehigh Valley Health Network has agreed to a $65 million settlement of a class action with patients and employees affected by a 2023 ransomware attack that exposed personal and medical information including nude photos of...
#2 23andMe Settles Data Breach Lawsuit for $30 Million
Sep 16 2024 // 23andMe will pay $30 million and provide three years of security monitoring to settle a lawsuit accusing the genetics testing company of failing to protect the privacy of 6.9 million customers whose personal information...
#3 Zurich, Marsh McLennan Call for Public Partnerships to Close Cyber Gaps
Sep 9 2024 // A new report from Marsh McLennan and Zurich titled “Closing the cyber risk protection gap” is calling for a closer collaboration between the insurance industry and the public sector as cyber insurance coverage...
#4 Moody’s, Amwins Expect Continued Cyber Market Growth
Sep 12 2024 // Two organizations recently expressed optimism that the softening cyber market that emerged in 2023 will remain favorable into the future. In separate reports, Moody’s Ratings and Amwins Brokerage offered insights on...
#5 Halliburton Says August Cyberattack Took Information From Systems
Sep 3 2024 // Oil service company Halliburton on Tuesday said a cyberattack last month has caused “disruptions and limitations” to business applications that support operations. “The company believes the unauthorized...
#6 Chinese Hackers Breach US Internet Firms Via Startup, Researcher Says
Aug 27 2024 // The state-sponsored Chinese hacking campaign known as Volt Typhoon is exploiting a bug in a California-based startup to hack American and Indian internet companies, according to security researchers. Volt Typhoon has...
#7 Finance Chief Resigns After Connecticut Town Hacked for $200K
Sep 3 2024 // The Connecticut town of Plymouth has been hacked for more than $200,000 and the town’s finance director has resigned as a result of the cybersecurity incident. Mayor Joseph Kilduff said the town fell victim to a...
#8 FBI Disrupts Vast Chinese Hacking Operation That Infected Consumer Devices
Sep 23 2024 // The FBI has disrupted a group of hackers working at the direction of the Chinese government who targeted universities, government agencies and other organizations, Director Chris Wray said last week. The hacking campaign...
#9 Microsoft, Cyber Firms Pursue Changes After CrowdStrike Outage
Sep 13 2024 // Microsoft Corp. said it’s building an alternative for cybersecurity companies that now utilize the deepest layer of its operating system after a flawed update from CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. triggered a global IT...
#10 Mastercard Agrees to Buy Cyber-Defense Firm for $2.65 Billion
Sep 12 2024 // Mastercard Inc. agreed to buy cyber-defense firm Recorded Future for $2.65 billion to boost its ability to protect the card company’s massive global-payments system. The purchase from private equity firm Insight...
#11 Moody’s: Insurers and Asset Managers Bolstering Cyber Defenses
Sep 10 2024 // Insurers and asset managers worldwide continue to focus on cybersecurity amid growing risks, according to findings from a Moody’s Ratings survey that polled 110 companies operating across both...
#12 Hackers Demand $6M for Files Stolen From Seattle Airport Operator in Cyberattack
Sep 20 2024 // Hackers are demanding $6 million in bitcoin from the operator of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for documents they stole during a cyberattack last month and posted on the dark web this week, an airport official...
#13 Microsoft, Cyber Firms to Meet on Fixes After CrowdStrike Crash
Aug 26 2024 // Microsoft Corp. is planning a meeting next month with cybersecurity companies that operate at the core of its Windows systems to discuss ways in which they can keep last month’s worldwide computer crash from...
#14 Payment Gateway Slim CD Notifies 1.7M Cardholders of Hack
Sep 11 2024 // Electronic-payment gateway Slim CD has notified customers that its systems were hacked starting more than a year ago, potentially exposing the names, addresses, and credit card information of nearly 1.7 million...
#15 Halliburton Probes Impact of Cyberattack With Law Enforcement
Aug 26 2024 // Top U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton said on Friday it was working with law enforcement to determine the extent of a computer systems breach and was yet to determine if the incident would have a material impact on...
#16 Ransomware Study: 78% of Attack Victims Paid Ransom; 74% Suffered Multiple Strikes
Sep 2 2024 // A survey of nearly 1,000 IT and security professionals shows numerous organizations were targeted by ransomware attacks in the past year with a high degree of success, with most paying a ransom — many of which paid...
#17 Union Reports Cyber Incident May Have Exposed Members’ Private Information
Sep 11 2024 // A Ridgefield Park, New Jersey-based labor union for longshoremen, healthcare, maintenance and other workers has reported a cyber incident that may have exposed some members’ private information. The office for Local...
