Global Economy
Shockingly High Hacking Risks for U.S. Water, Power Cyber Networks
When the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was hacked in 2018, it took a mere six hours. Early this year, an intruder lurked in hundreds of computers related to water systems across the U.S. ...
Irish Group Files Lawsuit Alleging Online Ads Violate EU Privacy Rules
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) on Wednesday will file a lawsuit in a German court against IAB Tech Lab for allegedly breaching EU privacy rules. At issue is real-time bidding systems, ...
AXA Investment Managers Broaden Deforestation Exclusions
AXA Investment Managers is expanding its palm oil investment strategy to exclude companies involved in major land use controversies or in causing biodiversity loss due to soy, cattle and timber, it ...
COVID Crisis Hurts Global Macro Resilience, Widens Insurance Protection Gap: Swiss Re
The COVID-19 crisis reduced overall global macro resilience – or the ability of societies to absorb shocks – by 18% in 2020 from 2019, according to a sigma report published by Swiss Re Institute. ...
SCOTUS Revives LinkedIn Bid to Prevent Rival From Harvesting Personal Data
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave Microsoft Corp's LinkedIn Corp another chance to try to stop rival hiQ Labs Inc from harvesting personal data from the professional networking platform's public ...
Reinsurance Broker Acrisure Re Partners With Kovrr on New London-Based Cyber Division
Reinsurance broker Acrisure Re has launched a London-based cyber division in partnership with cyber risk modeler Kovrr. Headed by Cyber Practice Leader Tom Quy, the new division will offer the market ...
VW Discloses Vendor Data Breach Affected 3.3 Million People in North America
Volkswagen AG's U.S. unit said a data breach at a vendor impacted more than 3.3 million customers and prospective buyers in North America. Nearly all those impacted were current or potential ...
U.S. Insurers Slammed in May by Hail, Tornado, Wind and Floods
Many U.S. insurers face a multi-billion-dollar payout from May's convective storms, which spawned extensive hail, tornado, wind and flood damage across a series of separate events during the month, ...