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Cat Modelers Look to Clarify Cost of Cyber Risk
Even as the Sony Corp. cyber attack laid bare the kinds of vulnerabilities that typically drive companies to buy insurance policies, the lack of a risk model for insurers means such protection is not ...
Sony Pictures Enlists Employees to Screen for Stolen Data Use
Sony Pictures Entertainment advised its current and former employees to be on the alert for fraudsters looking to use their stolen data, which included detailed personal information. In what is ...
Cyber Security a Challenge for Insurers: A.M. Best
Thirteen percent of respondents to A.M. Best's Fall 2014 Insurance Industry Survey admitted that their companies had been the targets of data breaches or cyber attacks. Larger companies appear much ...
Sony Studio Cyber Attack Costs Could Hit $100 Million Mark
Sony Corp's movie studio could face tens of millions of dollars in costs from the massive computer hack that hobbled its operations and exposed sensitive data, according to cyber security experts who ...
Cyber Attacks Hit Catalan Govt. Computers During Independence Vote
Catalan government computer systems were attacked by professional-style hackers during the disputed independence vote on Nov. 9, putting basic services at risk, Regional President Artur Mas said. The ...
FBI Cautions Foreign Govt. Agents May Have Carried Out Cyber-Attacks
Cyber-attacks on JPMorgan Chase & Co. and 13 other financial companies may have been carried out by hackers from a foreign government moonlighting as criminals, a senior Federal Bureau of ...
P/C Insurers Seize Cyber Coverage Market Opportunities
Insurers flush with capital are rushing to grab part of an expanding cyber coverage market that's been spurred on by high-profile hackings at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Home Depot Inc. Sales are ...
JPMorgan Cyber Attacks Sign That Rate of Trouble Will Increase
Tom Ridge, the first homeland security chief under President George W. Bush, says companies face more risk of cyber attacks similar to those that struck JPMorgan Chase & Co., Home Depot Inc. and ...