Most Popular Cyber Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Cyber Topic Page over the last year.
#1 Erie Insurance Facing 2 Class Actions Claiming Data Breach
Jun 17 2025 // Not one but two class action lawsuits have been filed against Erie Insurance even as the insurer continues to investigate its cybersecurity incident. One lawsuit was filed by an Illinois customer, Neil Plascencia; the...
#2 FBI Warned Agents It Believes Phone Logs Hacked Last Year
Jan 17 2025 // FBI leaders have warned that they believe hackers who broke into AT&T Inc.’s system last year stole months of their agents’ call and text logs, setting off a race within the bureau to protect the identities...
#3 Hack of Contractor Was at Root of Massive Federal Data Breach
May 21 2025 // A software company that handles sensitive data for nearly every US federal agency was the victim of a cyber breach earlier this year due to a “major lapse” in security measures, according to documents reviewed...
#4 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...
#5 Erie Insurance: ‘No Evidence’ of Ransomware in Network Outage
Jun 18 2025 // Erie Insurance said it has “seen no evidence of ransomware and there is no indication of ongoing threat actor activity” in a June 17 update on its 10-day long network outage. That statement would appear to...
#6 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’...
#7 Cybersecurity Industry Falls Silent as Trump Turns Ire on SentinelOne
Apr 14 2025 // The cybersecurity industry has gone mostly quiet after President Donald Trump took action against one of its prominent members. Trump on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of security clearances of SentinelOne executives...
#8 Cyber, Business Interruption, Natural Disasters Listed as Top 3 Business Risks: Allianz
Jan 15 2025 // Cyber, business interruption and natural catastrophes are the top three risks that concern global businesses, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer 2025. Cyber incidents, such as ransomware attacks, data breaches and IT...
#9 Florida Class Action Targets Litigation Funding Firm Over Data Breach
Apr 25 2025 // Third-party litigation financing has become big business across the country, much to the chagrin of businesses and insurance companies that have faced multi-million lawsuit verdicts. But now one Florida-based litigation...
#10 Cyber Insurance Market Size Expected to Soar: Munich Re
Apr 14 2025 // Munich Re said in a recent report it expects the global cyber insurance market to reach about $16.3 billion gross premiums in 2025, with continued growth that will have the market at more than $32 billion in 2023. In...
#11 Farmers Insurance Data Breach Could Impact More Than a Million Customers
Aug 25 2025 // A recently discovered data breach may impact more than one million customers of Farmers Insurance, warned a recent notification to Maine’s Attorney General. Farmers Insurance Exchange, Farmers Group, Inc. (its...
#12 Cyber Insurance Market to Expand as Risks Evolve: Gallagher
Jan 17 2025 // While 2024 brought record-breaking data-breach costs and evolving cyber risk, all signs point to stable rates and ample capacity in 2025. Intense competition among cyber insurance carriers has resulted in higher limits,...
#13 Allianz Life Says Majority of US Customers’ Data Stolen in Hack
Jul 28 2025 // U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life said on Saturday that hackers stole the personal information of the majority of its customers, financial professionals, and select Allianz Life employees in the United States. The...
#14 Cyberattack Surge Creates Opportunity for Insurers, Prompts Rethink on Premiums
May 28 2025 // A recent surge in high-profile cyberattacks is offering an opportunity for insurers including Munich Re AG and Chubb Ltd. to cash in from a rapidly expanding market — and prompting a rethink on premiums. As artificial...
#15 TransUnion Says 4.4 Million Consumers’ Data Compromised in Hack
Aug 28 2025 // Credit bureau TransUnion said Thursday that more than 4 million people’s data was exposed in a recent hack involving an unidentified third party. In a letter dated earlier this week and posted to the website of...
#16 Insurer Says Tech Services Firms Should Pay for Insured’s Ransomware Damages
Sep 19 2025 // ACE American Insurance Co. is suing to recover $500,000 it paid in ransomware damages to a staffing company, claiming cloud computing and cybersecurity firms contracted by its policyholder should instead be held...
#17 Agents Must Take the Lead on Personal Cyber Coverage, Report Says
Jun 5 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...
#18 SEC to Drop Controversial SolarWinds Cyberattack Lawsuit
Nov 24 2025 // The US Securities and Exchange Commission will drop its landmark lawsuit against SolarWinds Corp. that accused the company of covering up internal problems ahead of a massive cyberattack. The SEC, the software company and...
#19 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...
#20 Steelmaker Nucor Shuts Down Some Output After Cyberattack
May 14 2025 // Nucor Corp., the biggest steel manufacturer in North America, shut down production at some of its facilities after detecting an unauthorized intrusion into its computer systems. The company took potentially affected...
