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WannaCry, Petya Cyber Attacks Cost Europe’s Companies Hundreds of Millions of Dolllars
Global hackers have unleashed a brace of attacks in recent months, but while their haul in bitcoin has been paltry, the revenue hit to companies infected is reaching into the hundreds of millions of ...
Cyber ‘Worm’ Disrupts Q2 Corporate Earnings for Many Firms
Costly cyber attacks are having a bigger impact on corporate earnings and are becoming a fact of life for companies as Oreo cookie maker Mondelez, drug maker Merck and others said that a destructive ...
The Great Cyber Debate: Product or Peril?
Ask a cyber liability expert to describe the market and you're likely to hear words like "dynamic, "revolutionary," "innovative"—even "radical." And they wouldn't be wrong. The cyber market has ...
Sobering Milestone: Cyber Attack Damage Risks Now Rival Hurricanes
Cyber attacks have reached a point where they could rack up billions of dollars in economic and insured losses, rivaling damage created by hurricanes. This milestone means insurers must start ...
Prepare for Future Cyber Threats Today
While the form of cyber attack a business or organization is likely to suffer depends mostly on the work of that enterprise, the evidence is pretty clear that the most menacing attacks—ransomware ...
Insurers May Face $2.5B in Claims With Next WannaCry Cyber Attack
Cyber crime insurers largely avoided costly claims from the recent attacks that hit business around the globe. The next global virus could change that. "It's exceptionally likely that we will see an ...
Business Interruptions Galore: Global Ransomware Attack Hobbles FedEx, Others
The global cyberattack that has been wending its way across continents since Tuesday started creating real consequences at some businesses even as the virus's spread seemed to be abating. FedEx Corp. ...
WannaCry-Like Cyber Attack Keeps Wreaking Corporate Havoc on Second Day
A cyberattack similar to WannaCry entered its second day, hitting businesses, port operators and government systems around the world, with companies struggling to retake control of their networks. ...