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Pay us or we’ll release more children’s details on the web, say hackers
Business Insurance Magazine reports: The theft of sensitive data from thousands of children at a London nursery chain has highlighted the growing financial and reputational risks posed by cybercrime – and renewed debate over the adequacy of insurance protection in the sector. Hackers styling themselves “Radiant” claim to have stolen information on more than 8,000 children […]
Cyber insurance claims steady, but risk environment remains complex
Insurance Business Magazine reports: The cyber insurance sector in 2025 is witnessing a shift in risk dynamics as large organisations strengthen their defences against cyber threats. Allianz Commercial’s recent Cyber Security Resilience Outlook indicates that enhanced cyber security measures and incident response protocols have helped major insured companies reduce the impact of significant cyber losses this year. However, […]
‘No Harm, No Foul:’ Courts Take Tougher Line on Data-Breach Suits
The Wall Street Journal reports: A deluge of data-breach lawsuits has a growing number of U.S. judges insisting victims show exactly how their leaked personal data caused “tangible harm,” a high bar that is getting more cases tossed out of court. Judges are also requiring plaintiffs to trace any damages back to a particular breach—a […]
UK and US security agencies order urgent fixes as Cisco firewall bugs exploited in wild
The Register reports: Cybersecurity agencies on both sides of the Atlantic are sounding the alarm over Cisco firewall vulnerabilities that are being exploited by an “advanced threat actor.” The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an Emergency Directive on Thursday, saying there is “an unacceptable risk” to government systems if Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) […]
Motility Data Breach Exposes Social Security Numbers & Affects 760,000 Consumers
Claim Depot reports: On Aug. 19, 2025, Motility Software Solutions, a provider of dealer management software for specialty vehicle dealerships, identified suspicious activity on its network. The company quickly took the impacted server offline to contain the incident and began an investigation with the help of cybersecurity experts. According to Motility, the breach resulted in unauthorized […]
Cyberattack on British retailer Co-op shaved about $275 million from revenues, company says
The Record reports: The Co-op retail chain took a £206 million (about $274 million) hit to its revenues due to a cyberattack in April that led to empty store shelves and the theft of customer data. The attack was one of several high-profile incidents in the spring affecting U.K. businesses, including the retail giant Marks & Spencer […]
Houston at Ground Zero: Defending America’s Critical Infrastructure From Cyber Threats
Alamdar Hamdani of Bracewell LLP writes: Transcript: Fifteen years ago, I was part of a DOJ team working to bring Al Qaeda terrorists to justice. Today, as a former US Attorney now in private practice, I’m helping Houston companies fight a different kind of enemy—one that targets our critical infrastructure from behind keyboards across the […]
Google: Brickstorm malware used to steal U.S. orgs’ data for over a year
Bleeping Computer reports: Suspected Chinese hackers have used the Brickstorm malware in long-term persistence espionage operations against U.S. organizations in the technology and legal sectors. Brickstorm is a Go-based backdoor documented by Google in April 2024 following China-related intrusions that spawned from various edge devices and remained undetected in the victim environment for more than a year, […]