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Insurer Erie Indemnity Investigates Cyberattack

By Kim S. Nash

 

Hello. Insurance giant Erie Indemnity is warning customers not to fall for calls or email soliciting payments as it investigates a cyberattack launched over the weekend. 

On Saturday, Erie's information security team detected unusual activity on its network, the company said Wednesday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Customers and agents noticed online payments and other services weren't available and started to complain about downed systems that same day on social media. 

During the outage, Erie said in a notice on its website, customers can call agents and the company's service center. The full impact of the incident, and whether it will be material to operations or finances, isn't yet known, the company said. 

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Victoria's Secret expects to log $10 million in costs and lost sales from a May cyberattack that disrupted online commerce, CFO Scott Sekella said Wednesday. The retailer detected the attack May 24 and shut down some internal tech systems and its website. E-commerce resumed May 29. "We're now well into the recovery phase," CEO Hillary Super said.

Forget about me: About 15% of 23andMe customers have asked to delete their data since the genetic-testing company filed for bankruptcy protection in March. That is according to interim CEO interim chief executive Joseph Selsavage, testifying to a House committee Tuesday. (TechCrunch)

Sentenced: A former Central Intelligence Agency employee was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for sending Top Secret national-security information to unauthorized parties late last year. 

  • Among the information he shared were images of documents showing plans of a U.S. ally for actions against an adversary, the Justice Department said without naming the countries.
  • The images later appeared on social media. 

New money: Penetration-testing company Horizon3.ai raised $100 million in a Series D round led by investor NEA. The tech company has raised $218 million since its founding in 2019. (SecurityWeek)

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CISO move: Rinki Sethi has joined cloud-security startup Upwind as chief security officer, leaving the CISO role at payments company BILL after three years. BILL was an early customer of Upwind, an Israeli company started in 2022. Sethi has also held top cyber roles at Twitter, Walmart and eBay, among other businesses.

 

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The WSJ Pro Cybersecurity team is Deputy Bureau Chief Kim S. Nash and reporters Angus Loten, James Rundle and Catherine Stupp. Follow us on X @WSJCyber. Reach the team by replying to any newsletter you receive or by emailing Kim at kim.nash@wsj.com.

 
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