Equifax Breach Could be Costliest Yet at $439M; Insurance to Cover $125M March 4, 2018 By Jim Finkle and John McCrank Equifax Inc. said it expects costs related to its massive 2017 data breach to surge by $275 million this year,...
SEC Updates Guidance on Cyber Disclosure by Companies February 22, 2018 By Jim Finkle and Pete Schroeder The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday updated guidance to public companies on how and when they should disclose...
Wary Businesses Test Fixes for Chip Flaws Before Installing January 8, 2018 By Stephen Nellis and Jim Finkle Chances that a fix to a major microchip security flaw may slow down or crash some computer systems are leading...
Hackers Target SWIFT Payments System at Russia’s Globex Bank December 22, 2017 By Katya Golubkova and Jim Finkle Hackers tried to steal 55 million roubles ($940,000) from Russian state bank Globex using the SWIFT international payments messaging system,...
Nation-State Believed Responsible for ‘Watershed’ Cyber Attack on Industrial Plant December 15, 2017 By Jim Finkle Hackers likely working for a nation-state recently invaded the safety system of a critical infrastructure facility in a watershed attack...
Cyber Criminals Steal $64M of Bitcoin From Cryptocurrency Firm NiceHash December 8, 2017 By Jim Finkle and Jeremy Wagstaff A Slovenian cryptocurrency mining marketplace, NiceHash, said it lost about $64 million worth of bitcoin in a hack of its...
Canada Concerned About Cyber Attacks Targeting Critical Infrastructure: Source October 24, 2017 By Alastair Sharp and Jim Finkle The Canadian government is “really worried” about cyber attacks that have targeted critical infrastructure and has helped companies improve their...
U.S. Warns of Hacker Attacks on Energy, Aviation, Manufacturing Industries October 23, 2017 By Jim Finkle The U.S government issued a rare public warning that sophisticated hackers are targeting energy and industrial firms, the latest sign...
Update: Cyber Attacks Start to Hit Earnings of Global Companies August 3, 2017 By Jim Finkle and Eric Auchard The cyber attack that crippled Ukraine businesses and spread worldwide to shut down shipping ports, factories and corporate offices has...
Utilities Warned of ‘Easy-to-Use’ Malware Aimed at Causing Outages June 13, 2017 By Jim Finkle Two cyber security firms have uncovered malicious software that they believe caused a December 2016 Ukraine power outage, they said...