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...
by Kelli Young | Aug 23, 2021 | Business Insurance, Cyber Liability Insurance
Keeping workplace technology up and running is vital to any organization’s success. While this task seems feasible, it’s growing harder and harder each year as cybercriminals expand their reach. It’s not enough to simply protect workplace technology with software and...
by Kelli Young | Aug 17, 2021 | Business Insurance, Cyber Liability Insurance
Organizations of all sizes and sectors are facing increased cybersecurity risks. Specifically, ransomware attacks—which leverage malware to compromise a victim’s data and demand them to make a large payment to recover it—have quickly become a rising threat across...
