Wall Street Banks Quietly Test Cyber Defenses at Treasury’s Direction June 27, 2022 By Christopher Condon and Craig Torres With global tensions rising over Ukraine, the cutthroat competitiveness of the US financial sector is yielding to partnership over the...
Carnival Cruise Pays $5M, Gives Up Insurance Licenses in New York Over Data Breach June 24, 2022 New York’s financial services regulator has fined Carnival Corp. $5 million for violations of the state’s cybersecurity regulations that the...
Ransomware Attacks Up More Last Year Than In Prior Five Years: Verizon May 31, 2022 Verizon released its 15th annual report on data breaches last week, finding that ransomware attacks increased by 13 percent in...
AGCO Ransomware Attack Disrupts Tractor Sales During U.S. Planting Season May 9, 2022 By Bianca Flowers and Nathan Gomes U.S. agricultural equipment maker AGCO Corp. said on Friday a ransomware attack was affecting operations at some of its production...
U.S. Ties North Korean Hacker Group Lazarus to Huge Cryptocurrency Theft April 19, 2022 By Raphael Satter and Daphne Psaledakis The United States has linked North Korean hackers to the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency...
Authentication Firm Okta Says Up to 366 Customers Potentially Hit by Hack March 23, 2022 By Raphael Satter Shares in Okta Inc fell 9% on Wednesday after the U.S. digital authentication firm said hundreds of its customers may...
Biden Sees Risk of Russian Cyberattack on U.S. as Sanctions Bite March 22, 2022 By Katrina Manson and Justin Sink President Joe Biden warned Monday about new indications of possible Russian cyberattacks, pumping up the volume on weeks of growing...
Ransomware Hackers Used AI Images, Microsoft Flaw in Campaign March 18, 2022 By William Turton A group of ransomware hackers used a variety of techniques to try breaching hundreds of companies last year, exploiting a...
Experts Confirm Cyber Incidents Up Since Invasion of Ukraine; Insurance Underwriters Adapting March 16, 2022 By Elizabeth Blosfield Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the number of cyber incidents in the U.S. has increased, and underwriters...
Congress Approves Cyber Attack Reporting Requirement for U.S. Companies March 14, 2022 By Eric Tucker and Alan Suderman Companies critical to U.S. national interests will now have to report when they’re hacked or they pay ransomware, according to...