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Erie Insurance: ‘No Evidence’ of Ransomware in Network Outage

Insurance Journal

Erie Insurance said it has “seen no evidence of ransomware and there is no indication of ongoing threat actor activity” in a June 17 update on its 10-day long network outage. That statement would appear to contradict claims in two …

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Erie Insurance Restores All Operations After Month Outage; Says No Data Breached

Insurance Journal

Erie Insurance reports that it has restored full business operations that have been affected by a month long network outage. The company also said there is “no evidence” of a breach of any sensitive personal information, financial records or legally …

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Sweden Probe Finds No Conclusive Evidence of Deliberate Damage to Subsea Cables

Insurance Journal

A Swedish probe found no conclusive evidence to suggest that a Chinese ship had deliberately dragged its anchor to damage two Baltic Sea cables, Sweden’s Accident Investigation Authority said on Tuesday, though a separate investigation remains under way. The Yi …

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Trust Under Siege: The Aflac Breach and the Insurance Sector’s Cyber Dilemma

Complex Discovery

Editor’s Note: Cybersecurity risks have never felt more personal—or more paradoxical—than when insurers themselves fall prey to digital predators. As threat actors grow more targeted and deceptive, the insurance sector’s reliance on digital trust must be matched with equally robust cyber resilience.

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Nurse Showed COVID Was Work-Contracted, West Virginia Supreme Court Rules

Insurance Journal

The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled 3-2 that a prison nurse is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for her COVID-19 disease because she provided sufficient evidence that she contracted it in her workplace and not outside of work. Brittany …

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Chinese Hacked US Telecom a Year Before Known Wireless Breaches

Insurance Journal

Corporate investigators found evidence that Chinese hackers broke into an American telecommunications company in the summer of 2023, indicating the country’s attackers penetrated the US communications system earlier than publicly known. Investigators working for the telecommunications firm discovered last year …

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UK Companies Should Have to Disclose Major Cyberattacks, M&S Says

Insurance Journal

Giving evidence to lawmakers on … British businesses should be legally required to report material cyberattacks to the authorities, the chairman of retailer Marks & Spencer said on Tuesday, claiming two recent major attacks on large UK firms had gone unreported.