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The report includes a description of the nightmare Laboratory Corporation of America endured after one of its vendors was hacked. You’ve likely heard some of these tips on how to…
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Xinhua, a state media outlet, reports the “guideline” comes from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Financial Regulatory Administration. “The country will further improve the supporting…
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The large European broker reports cyber insurance pricing is down some 9% so far this year, but ransomware incidents are up almost 50% YoY. So why the discrepancy? We think…
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The article reports healthcare enterprises have suffered 200 “cyber incidents” since January. It cites another report on the real-world impact of cyber attacks on healthcare organizations: “A cybersecurity breach could…
Google exec @MonicaShokrai details the benefits of such a federal policy, including attracting more capital to the cyber insurance market: “Broadly speaking, insurance can drive resilience as a society: Not…
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“Financial settlements with regulators and affected customers can sometimes rise into the millions of dollars and take several years to resolve. For example, claims from the 2013 breach at retailer…
“In a new report, CyberCube conducted an analysis of cyber cat events and documented over 100 global cyber aggregation events with catastrophic potential over the past six years – equating…
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“That’s where tactics like double extortion come in. With double extortion, a cybercriminal might ask for a ransom before they provide a decryption key while also threatening to leak sensitive…
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It’s been a “PR disaster” says the CEO of managing general agent (MGA) CFC, which has a Lloyd’s syndicate. The Lloyd’s announcement caused “panic” by making insurance buyers think that…
This interesting report provides the “tick tock” of a ransomware attack on a small US bank, including the role of cyber insurance in the recovery. The details reveal the bank…
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