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A Cyber Insurance Backstop

Schneier on Security

In the first week of January, the pharmaceutical giant Merck quietly settled its years-long lawsuit over whether or not its property and casualty insurers would cover a $700 million claim filed after the devastating NotPetya cyberattack in 2017.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

Only 3 definitely haven’t had data breached. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: full list This week, we found 66,702,148 records known to be compromised, and 103 organisations suffering a newly disclosed incident. 92 of them are known to have had data exfiltrated, exposed or otherwise breached.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 15 – 21 January 2024

IT Governance

Only 1 definitely hasn’t had data breached. GB JSP Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (Thailand) PCL Source (New) Manufacturing Thailand Yes >80 GB TREZOR Source (New) Crypto France Yes Nearly 66,000 Oak View Group Source (New) Leisure USA Yes 58,935 Innefu Labs Pvt. Organisation(s) Sector Location Data breached?