by Kelli Young | Oct 11, 2021 | Case Study, Cyber Liability Insurance
In the final months of 2018, Marriott International—a hospitality company that oversees one of the biggest hotel chains in the world—discovered that cybercriminals had compromised its guest reservation system. This Marriott data breach exposed the personal information...
by Kelli Young | Sep 27, 2021 | Case Study, Cyber Liability Insurance
In late 2014, Anthem—a well-known health insurance company that provides coverage to more than 100 million Americans—suffered a large-scale data breach. Foreign cyber-criminals leveraged malicious email tactics to access Anthem’s computer systems and subsequently...
by Kelli Young | Sep 20, 2021 | Case Study, Cyber Liability Insurance
In the spring of 2018, cybercriminals compromised several computer networks within Atlanta’s City Hall to launch a ransomware attack. From there, the cybercriminals restricted access to a wide range of online platforms, municipal operations and databases—requiring a...
by Kelli Young | Sep 13, 2021 | Case Study, Cyber Liability Insurance
During the final months of 2013, Target—the well-known American retailer—experienced a large-scale security breach. The Target data breach breach led to several point-of-sale systems being compromised by malware, giving cybercriminals access to millions of customers’...
by Kelli Young | Sep 6, 2021 | Case Study, Cyber Liability Insurance
In late 2014, the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) released a report detailing a disruptive cyber hack at an unnamed steel mill facility. The attack—which was deployed through a combination of social engineering tactics and malware— compromised...