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“The Hive group claims to have breached the system and then obtained details of its cyber insurance policy to use in negotiations. ‘We are very well informed and precise in…
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Note the language in the policy that appears to exclude losses from similar scams. It’s in the courts now. “Star Title’s employees purportedly failed to authenticate the perpetrator’s wire instructions….
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“Munich Re has been involved in managing cyber risk from the first moment it became a consideration. The results of our Global Cyber Risk and Insurance Survey 2022 underline that…
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“Drawing on SpyCloud’s database of over 200 billion recaptured assets, researchers identified over 687 million exposed credentials and PII tied to Fortune 1000 employees, a 26% increase from last year’s…
“The vendor-agnostic survey of 5600 IT professionals, conducted by Vanson Bourne, found that 98% of businesses hit by ransomware had cyber insurance that covered ransomware and that the policy paid…
“Munich Re is planning new wordings in cyber insurance policies to exclude war, to avoid disputes over what is covered, the reinsurer’s top cyber underwriter told Reuters.” Source: Munich Re…
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“If Russia carries out a large cyber attack which spills over into several countries, it could lead to claims totalling (sic) $20 billion or more, similar to insurance claims from…