Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2019

The Dark Overlord hacking group claims to have stolen a huge trove of documents from the British insurance company Hiscox, Hackers stole “hundreds of thousands of documents,” including tens of thousands files related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2019

Zurich American Insurance Company is refusing to refund its client because consider the attack as “an act of war” that is not covered by its policy. The overall damages that insurance firms would probably have to cover reach over $80bn. SecurityAffairs – Mondelez, cyber insurance). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

the individual paying for a patient’s bill), including name, date of birth, address, insurance policy details, medical record number, invoice number, account balance, date of service and, in some cases, social security number. Luke’s Physician Network. Hackers accessed to personal information on patients and guarantors (i.e.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

The explosion of ransomware and similar cyber incidents along with rising associated costs is convincing a growing number of insurance companies to raise the premiums on their cyber insurance policies or reduce coverage, moves that could further squeeze organizations under siege from hackers. Insurers Assessing Risks.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Networking software giant Citrix Systems says malicious hackers were inside its networks for five months between 2018 and 2019, making off with personal and financial data on company employees, contractors, interns, job candidates and their dependents. 13, 2018 and Mar. 28, 2018, a claim Citrix initially denied but later acknowledged.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Inova is an actuarial consultancy company, which means they compile statistical analysis and calculate insurance risks and premiums. Document sent to the insurance company by the victim’s lawyer. Inova has been operating since 2012 and has handled thousands of cases since then. Sketch of the accident from the police report.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 15, 2019

In March 2018, Wipro said it passed the $8 billion mark in annual IT services revenue. In September 2018, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services issued a cease-and-desist letter to Wipro, ordering it to stop work on the upgrade to the state’s Medicaid enrollment system, and to vacate its state offices.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 19, 2021

A Substantial Settlement Could Build Data Security Momentum British Airways could face a substantial compensation payout as a result of an ongoing group lawsuit over its 2018 data breach, the first of its kind under GDPR.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2019

. “We are working closely with the Diocese and its insurance program to file a claim in the hopes that Marous Brothers Construction can receive their payment quickly and we can bring this important project for our parish to a positive completion,” Stec said in the letter. ” Stec added. billion” reads the report.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2021

The SEC says First American derives nearly 92 percent of its revenue from its title insurance segment, earning $7.1 Title insurance protects homebuyers from the prospect of someone contesting their legitimacy as the new homeowner. Title insurance is not mandated by law, but most lenders require it as part of any mortgage transaction.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2019

-based PerCSoft is a cloud management provider for Digital Dental Record (DDR), which operates an online data backup service called DDS Safe that archives medical records, charts, insurance documents and other personal information for various dental offices across the United States. ” Read the full ProPublica piece here. .

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2019

On Monday, city officials participating to a rapid meeting unanimously voted to use the city’s insurance to pay a ransom of 65 bitcoins (~$603,000). “The payment is being covered by insurance.” ” continues the AP.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Quest revealed that the attackers broke into the web payment portal of the American Medical Collection Agency between August 1, 2018 and March 30, 2019. ” AMCA confirmed that Social Security Numbers and insurance identification information are maintained for LabCorp consumers.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 4, 2019

1, 2018 and March 30, 2019. AMCA has advised LabCorp that Social Security Numbers and insurance identification information are not stored or maintained for LabCorp consumers.” Many readers wrote in to say they’d never heard of First American, but it is the largest title insurance company in the United States.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

” PIONEER KITTEN hackers to date have focused their attacks against entities in North American and Israeli, while targeted sectors include technology, government, defense, healthcare, aviation, media, academic, engineering, consulting and professional services, chemical, manufacturing, financial services, insurance, and retail. .

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Krebs on Security

JULY 24, 2018

Now the financial institution is suing its insurance provider for refusing to fully cover the losses. In its lawsuit (PDF), National Bank says it had an insurance policy with Everest National Insurance Company for two types of coverage or “riders” to protect it against cybercrime losses. million total. THE LAWSUIT.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2019

The hospital chain hasn’t revealed the amount it has paid to the crooks to decrypt the data, it seems that an insurance covered the cost. “As time goes by, and we determine the full impact of this, we will be very grateful we had cyber insurance in place.” ” continues the post.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

In the year ahead, cyber threats to the healthcare sector will continue to evolve from attacks primarily involving the theft of health data to assaults aimed at disrupting organizations' operations, predicts Sean Murphy, CISO of health insurer Premera Blue Cross.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2019

Crooks made a request of a ransom a week after the initial infection, they contacted the Lake City’s insurance provider, the League of Cities, which negotiated a payment of 42 bitcoins. In July 2018, another Palm Beach suburb, Palm Springs, decided to pay a ransom, but it was not able to completely recover all its data.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 21, 2023

Many things have changed since 2018, such as the names of the companies in the Fortune 100 list. This is actually down from five of the Fortune 100 in 2018, the last time KrebsOnSecurity performed this analysis.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Compared to its predecessors, the sixth “Hi-Tech Crime Trends” report is the first to contain chapters devoted to the main industries attacked and covers the period from H2 2018 to H1 2019, as compared to the period from H2 2017 to H1 2018. The threat actor mainly targets insurance, consulting, and construction companies.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2022

According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), seniors lost $500 each on computer tech assistance scams in 2018. A criminal exploiting someone’s medical or insurance details to make fraudulent claims is known as medical identity theft. Internet and email fraud. In each case, the victim is liable for thousands of dollars.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

“MIS worked over the weekend with the city’s cybersecurity insurer “to develop a detailed plan to restore and recover systems without spreading the ransomware,” according to a statement from Powell. “We In July 2018, another Palm Beach suburb, Palm Springs, decided to pay a ransom, but it was not able to completely recover all its data.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 14, 2019

On December 19, 2018, Ohio adopted the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law. The Act is designed to “establish standards for data security and for the investigation and notification to the Superintendent of Insurance of a cybersecurity event.”.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

2 announcing a Cyber Insurance Risk Framework (the Framework) that describes industry best practices for New York-regulated property/casualty insurers. According to NYDFS, the incorporation of these practices should be proportionate to each insurer’s size, resources, geographic distribution, and other factors. The Framework.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As reported on the Hunton Insurance Recovery blog , on February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), which regulates the business of insurance in New York, has issued guidelines, in the Insurance Circular Letter No. sought coverage for expenses under its property insurance policy.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

On December 28, 2018, Michigan adopted the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law in the form of Michigan H.B. The Act defines licensees as persons authorized, registered, or licensed under Michigan insurance laws or required to be so. 6491 (Act). MCL § 500.550.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 4, 2020

One of the most-read advice columns on this site is a 2018 piece called “ Plant Your Flag, Mark Your Territory ,” which tried to impress upon readers the importance of creating accounts at websites like those at the Social Security Administration , the IRS and others before crooks do it for you.

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Data Matters

JULY 30, 2018

In October 2017, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) adopted an Insurance Data Security Model Law. On May 3, 2018, South Carolina became the first state to enact this Model Law, in the form of the South Carolina Insurance Data Security Act (H.B. See CT Gen Stat § 38a-999b (2015) ; 23 NYCRR 500.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Social insurance numbers. The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in October 2018 – 44,701,278 records leaked appeared first on IT Governance Blog. The crook gained control of FSIN’s internal files and email system and stole data including: Information on residential school survivors. Youth athletes and coaches.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Social insurance numbers. The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in October 2018 – 44,701,278 records leaked appeared first on IT Governance Blog. The crook gained control of FSIN’s internal files and email system and stole data including: Information on residential school survivors. Youth athletes and coaches.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 12, 2022

.” Prosecutors say Coelho also personally sold stolen data on the platform, and that Omnipotent directly facilitated illicit transactions by operating a fee-based “ Official Middleman ” service, a kind of escrow or insurance service that denizens of RaidForums were encouraged to use when transacting with other criminals.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 29, 2018

the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)), the answer is generally that a company should implement a “reasonable data privacy and security program” under all circumstances. The technologies existing in 2018 will undoubtedly differ from those that exist in 2020. Insurability.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 6, 2018

This year, the major regulation that will be implemented, is the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , which takes effect on May 25, 2018. The post 2018 Global Data Regulations & Compliance Heat Up – Are you Ready? You can find more information on the Thales website about GDPR and compliance.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2020

Some of the call recordings take place in early- to mid-2018. Of the recordings we analyzed, most of them seem to have taken place in early- to mid-2018. However, one proof of income document was submitted on January 21, 2020. On April 29, we unsuccessfully tried to contact representatives from the Student Advocates Group.

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Andrew Hay

JULY 26, 2018

Though the breaches are concerning, the real story is that the financial institution suing its insurance provider for refusing to fully cover the losses. According to the lawsuit, in June 2018 Everest determined both the 2016 and 2017 breaches were covered exclusively by the debit card rider, and not the $8 million C&E rider.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2021

All material from 2018-2019. Figure 5 – Screenshot from Group-IB Threat Intelligence & Attribution system Nevertheless, according to Group-IB’s findings, despite the post author’s claim that the cards were compromised from 2018-2019, 97% of the records in the database are still valid. Valid at 3%.

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