Why Near-Miss Cyberattack Put US Officials and Tech Industry on Edge April 8, 2024 By Raphael Satter German software developer Andres Freund was running some detailed performance tests last month when he noticed odd behavior in a...
Microsoft Faulted for ‘Inadequate’ Cyber Practices in US Report April 3, 2024 By Jamie Tarabay A Chinese-state intrusion last year of Microsoft Corp. technology that enabled hackers to gather US officials’ emails “should never have...
How Do Insurers Define Systemic Cyber Risk? April 2, 2024 By Elizabeth Blosfield Systemic cyber risk is being discussed as a growing concern for insurers as technology advances and interconnectivity increases, but how...
Clorox Audit Revealed Cybersecurity Flaws at Its Plants in 2020 March 27, 2024 By Ryan Gallagher and Leslie Patton A few years before a 2023 cyberattack disrupted manufacturing at one of the largest US producers of disinfectants ahead of...
SEC Ramps Up Massive-Hack Probe With Focus on Tech, Telecom Companies March 27, 2024 By Ava Benny-Morrison and Austin Weinstein The US Securities and Exchange Commission is asking tech and telecom companies how they handled the sprawling 2020 SolarWinds cyberattack,...
Possibility of a Billion-Dollar Systemic Cyber Event ‘Is Real’ March 22, 2024 By Jahna Jacobson A systemic event and the threat it could pose to insurers’ portfolios is not the million dollar question, but perhaps...
Chief Risk Officers Say Cybersecurity Most Pressing Risk: Survey March 21, 2024 By Jahna Jacobson In an inaugural EY/Institute of International Finance (IIF) global insurance risk management survey, cybersecurity was ranked as the highest concern...
Hackers Roil Entire Industries With Attacks on IT Supply Chain March 14, 2024 Across Paraguay, hackers knocked out online services provided by the foreign ministry and companies. In Sweden, they crippled the payroll...
Italy’s Data Watchdog Probes Open AI Tool That Turns Text Into Video March 11, 2024 Italy’s data protection agency said on Friday it had opened an investigation into a service developed by Microsoft-backed Open AI...
Change Healthcare Cyberattack Is Still Disrupting Pharmacies, Other Providers February 28, 2024 By Sana Pashankar and John Tozzi A cyberattack that has disrupted Change Healthcare’s computer networks for nearly a week is creating a growing administrative problem for...