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Cyberwar: Are attacks by Russian hackers still covered by cyber insurance? Germany’s perspective (for now)

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Dissent

Google translation:

In the wake of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, there are fears that Russia will launch a broad-based cyber war. Western countries could also become the focus of Russian cyber attacks. In this context, it can be expected that cyber insurers will invoke the so-called war exclusion and refuse to pay benefits. However, the considerations made by the insurers are not convincing, as Jürgen Seiring, Managing Director of VSMA GmbH, reports.

[…]

Cyber ​​attacks by Russian hackers against German companies should probably continue to be insured.

Read more at UnternehmenCybersicherheit.de.


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