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Australian health insurance provider Medibank Private Ltd. refused to pay ransom. Now hackers are releasing records from some of the app. 10 million customers whose data was compromised. “Following through on a threat, the hackers began publishing the most private medical details of some of Medibank’s customers, including terminated pregnancies, treatment for drug and alcohol … Read more
Financial terms of the transaction were not released. Boxx appears to have wanted the target’s cybersecurity talent as well as the company & its IP. Templarbits CEO/co-founder will head up Boxx’s new R&D effort. “…BOXX has announced the acquisition of Templarbit and the creation of a new R&D Division to deliver effective … Read more
The growing legal and technical complexities of cyber insurance policies might be addressed by a simpler process. “’In this respect, we see an interesting trend that we definitely follow and promote, [and that is] a parametric approach. Since many of the cyber events are really black and white, I think a clear claim settlement process … Read more
Josephine Wolff offers the critique in her well-researched book, Cyberinsurance Policy: Rethinking Risk in an Age of Ransomware, Computer Fraud, Data Breaches, and Cyberattacks (MIT Press, 2022). Are insurers and insurtech companies placing too much emphasis on narrowly-defined cyber coverage, security controls and hacking data and not enough on holistic underwriting? “In trying to treat … Read more
Insurers have tried to avoid paying claims related to Russia’s NotPetya cyber attacks on Ukrainian targets. “Now, however, it’s increasingly clear insurers aren’t off the hook for NotPetya payouts or from covering losses from other attacks with clear links to nation-state hackers…” “’We’re going to need to rethink what act of war means in cyberspace … Read more