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The town of Webster, NY has announced it lost more than $520,000 in a phishing attack in November, but says local police have recovered $300,000 of the stolen money and its cyber insurer is expected to cover another $240,000 under the town’s cyber insurance for government. The incident has been described as a phishing attack, … Read more
It’s been a year since public companies had to start complying with new SEC cyber incident disclosure rules requiring Form 8-Ks for “material” cyber events. Law firm Paul Hastings has now released a study of 75 disclosures from 45 companies between December 2023 and October 2024. It shows a 60% increase in the number of … Read more
Cyber insurance premiums will grow “15% to 20% per year to a total of about $23 billion by the end of 2026, up from about $14 billion at the end of 2023,” estimates S&P Global Ratings report “Cyber Insurance Market Outlook 2025: Cycle Management Will Be Key To Sustaining Profits.” [Don’t tell Swiss Re, which … Read more
The company now offers “tailored parametric insurance solutions” to protect companies when their IT systems go down, creating business or digital system interruptions. The business interruption insurance follows the July CrowdStrike outages, which created billions in estimated losses from downtime and other consequences of the software snafu. “Enterprise solutions are customized to address the unique … Read more
Check out our detailed report on the cyber insurance lawsuit Fortune 500 company Sinclair Inc. has filed against CCC/CNA and Starr Indemnity, claiming the cyber insurers each owe the broadcaster $10 million for losses from a 2021 ransomware attack. Both insurers deny the allegations, now before a Maryland federal court. But Sinclair’s claims in the … Read more