Kaysea Ransomware Attack Caused ‘Minimal Damage’ to U.S. Firms, Biden Says July 7, 2021 By Raphael Satter and Andrea Shalal President Joe Biden said on Tuesday the ransomware attack centered on the Florida information technology firm Kaseya seems to have...
The Lowdown: For Agents – The Latest on Cyber Predictions & Myths April 25, 2018 By Pamela Simpson This week’s Lowdown features two informative reports, the current State of Cybercrime, by RSA and Top Myths of Cyber Risk...
San Francisco Becomes the First City to Sue in Equifax Breach September 28, 2017 San Francisco has filed a lawsuit against Equifax, becoming the first city in the country to sue the credit reporting...
Chubb Broadens Cyber Enterprise Risk Management Products September 1, 2017 Chubb has broadened its enterprise risk management options for Chubb commercial cyber policyholders in the United States and Canada. Two...
Expert Gives Agents C- on Understanding of Cyber Insurance August 23, 2016 By Don Jergler Eduard Goodman, chief privacy officer of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based IDT911, an identity theft protection firm, isn’t too high on the industry’s...
Cyber Thieves Working Overtime Before Credit Card Chips Curtail Their Retail Business April 21, 2016 By Nafeesa Syeed Cyber-thieves see new credit card chip technology being adopted by U.S. retailers closing a lucrative window of opportunity to steal...
South Carolina Announces Initiative to Prevent, Fight Cybercrime February 26, 2016 By Susanne M. Schafer The South Carolina Revenue Department’s massive 2012 data breach gave Gov. Nikki Haley a firsthand lesson on the need for...
Credit Card Buyers, Sellers Making Out Like Bandits February 23, 2016 Cyber thieves who steal credit and debit card numbers are making millions of dollars in profits, fueling a global criminal...
Obama Seeks ‘Nimble, Aggressive, Well-Resourced’ Cyber Defense June 9, 2015 By Jeff Mason and Mark Hosenball President Barack Obama vowed on Monday that the United States would aggressively bolster its cyber defenses, as U.S. officials said...
AG Lynch Urges Corporate, Government Cooperation to Fight Cybercrime May 1, 2015 By Dell Quentin Wilber Attorney General Loretta Lynch this week urged greater cooperation between the government and private industry to combat computer hackers, a...