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A Massachusetts mayor says hackers demanded $5.3 million from his city in a ransomware attack this summer. New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell disclosed...
The ransomware attacks on public entities in Texas, Florida, Maryland, Georgia and elsewhere this year have raised questions not only about paying ransoms...
State biometrics laws, a new ransomware threat and the targeting of financial institutions are among the recent trends in cyber risks, according to...
Large companies in France are increasingly the targets of cyber attackers who lock up data and demand a ransom, but often refrain from reporting the...
No money was paid and no information was lost during a ransomware cyberattack that exploited a cloud-based vulnerability in the Colorado Department of...
Although the insurance industry may have had plenty of time to wrap its mind around managing physical property threats, what about the newly growing area of non-physical threats?...
The NotPetya, WannaCry and Equifax hacks of last year were evidence that the U.S. insurance industry has been ill-prepared to handle a large cyber attack...
The "remorseless" growth of cyber crime is leading to 4,000 ransom attacks a day and gangs' technological capability now threatens critical parts of the...
Companies without cyber insurance are dusting off policies covering kidnap, ransom and extortion in the world's political hotspots...
Governments turned their attention to a possible new wave of cyber threats on Tuesday after the group that leaked U.S. hacking...
