Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5 Million in Ransom: Bloomberg May 13, 2021 By William Turton, Michael Riley and Jennifer Jacobs Colonial Pipeline Co. paid nearly $5 million to Eastern European hackers on Friday, contradicting reports earlier this week that the...
Colonial Pipeline’s Cyber Insurers Include AXA XL, Beazley May 13, 2021 Colonial Pipeline has cyber insurance arranged by broker Aon, with Lloyd’s of London insurers AXA XL and Beazley among the...
What Cyber Insurers Should Know About the Federal Ransomware Advisories May 13, 2021 By Elizabeth Blosfield As the COVID-19 pandemic and the switch to remote work have highlighted cyber risks and drawn attention to the various...
U.S. Offered No Advice on Whether Colonial Pipeline Should Pay Pay Ransom May 10, 2021 By Nandita Bose and Steve Holland The White House declined to weigh in Monday on whether companies that are hacked like Colonial Pipeline should pay ransom...
Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attackers Say They Seek Cash, Not Chaos May 10, 2021 By Raphael Satter and Joseph Menn The ransomware gang accused of crippling the leading U.S. fuel pipeline operator said on Monday that it never meant to...
Insurer AXA to Stop Paying for Ransomware Crime Payments in France May 9, 2021 By Frank Bajak In an apparent industry first, the global insurance company AXA said Thursday it will stop writing cyber-insurance policies in France...
U.S. Working With Colonial Pipeline to Restore Operations After Cyber Attack May 9, 2021 By Laura Sanicola, Doina Chiacu and Laila Kearney The White House was working closely with top U.S. fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline on Sunday to help it recover...
As Ransomware Criminals Get More Ruthless, Experts Call for Multi-Pronged Response April 30, 2021 By Frank Bajak Political hand-wringing in Washington over Russia’s hacking of federal agencies and interference in U.S. politics has mostly overshadowed a worsening...
Officials Say New York School District Hit by Cyber Attack April 28, 2021 An Albany, New York-area school district is investigating a malware attack that forced students in grades 7 through 12 into...
CNA Central, CNA Surety Now Back Online; Work on Other Portals Continues April 6, 2021 CNA Insurance said it continues to make progress in restoring its operations following a March 21 cyber attack. Today it...