Here are a few examples
- At a Blockbuster retail site, hundreds of names/addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers and credit card numbers were found discarded in a dumpster.
- A University of Texas student hacked school network and stole 4,719 student and faculty social security numbers.
- A hacker successfully obtains sensitive personal information from the insured’s computer system. As a result, a number of donors bring a claim against the insured for allowing access to their personal information. Total cost to business was over $75,000.
- The insured’s Chief Customer Service Officer has his laptop stolen. The laptop contains over 100,000 donor records, including their personal contact information. Notification cost ran over $200,000.
- An insured receives an email that appeared to be from its bank but was not. The insured’s employee opened the email, which activated a computer virus called a Trojan horse that reads key strokes from their computer. The perpetrator used this means to obtain banking and password information and initiate a fraudulent electronic wire transfer from the insured’s bank account Total loss to business was $55,000.
- With more companies beginning to store information on the “cloud” there will be more universal breaches causing greater losses.
- Cyber Liability insurance is a real option providing value added coverage and services.
- Industries most exposed are; healthcare, medical, retail, financial institutions, technology and hospitality,
- Cyber recovery costs are rising, even with new technology.
- Individual states will be beefing up mandatory reporting laws and imposing fines for lack of reporting.
- New technologies will allow cyber-attacks to come through smart phones and tablets.
- Small businesses may be the most prone, as they have the least protection.