Markets/Coverages: Chaucer Offers Nuclear Power Stations Insurance for Cyberattacks November 6, 2024 Chaucer has launched a new nuclear insurance policy that provides nuclear power plants (NPP) with insurance cover for cyberattacks. Called...
China Is Scanning Canada’s Cyber Defenses, State Watchdog Warns October 28, 2024 By Thomas Seal The Canadian government warned Friday that “a sophisticated state-sponsored threat actor from the People’s Republic of China” has been scanning...
UK Fears Chinese Hackers Compromised Critical Infrastructure October 16, 2024 By Ellen Milligan, Alex Wickham and Jamie Tarabay Chinese state actors have made widespread — and likely successful — efforts to access British critical infrastructure networks, according to...
American Water Cyberattack Renews Focus on Protecting Critical Infrastructure October 11, 2024 By Bruce Shipkowski A cyberattack continues to affect the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States, renewing a focus...
American Dams Weren’t Built for Today’s Climate-Charged Rain and Floods October 3, 2024 By Kendra Pierre-Louis and Leslie Kaufman As flooding hammered Appalachia in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, residents became intimately familiar with a new norm in the...
Exploding Pagers Sound Global Alarm on Supply-Chain Security September 20, 2024 By Peter Martin, Daniel Flatley and Marissa Newman Thousands of pagers and other devices exploding in Lebanon this week mark a new and deadly escalation in the use...
UK to Classify Data Centers as ‘Critical National Infrastructure’ September 16, 2024 By Renju Jose Britain’s data centers will be classified “critical national infrastructure,” the government said on Thursday [Sept. 12], giving the servers and...
OpenAI, Nvidia Executives Discuss AI Infrastructure Needs With Biden Officials September 13, 2024 By Mackenzie Hawkins and Ari Natter OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman and Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang met with senior Biden administration officials and other...
New Portuguese Government to Keep Ban on Chinese 5G Equipment September 10, 2024 By Sergio Goncalves Portugal’s center-right government will keep the previous administration’s ban on telecoms firms using Chinese equipment in their 5G networks, a...
Contractor’s Drilling of Hole Caused Leak in Underwater Tunnel to Manhattan September 9, 2024 By JAKE OFFENHARTZ An underwater tunnel that passes beneath New York City’s East River sprung a leak last Wednesday after a city contractor...