The October 21, 2016 DDoS attack on the internet's
domain name system infrastructure underscores the need to consider
cyberliability insurance coverage as a critical component of your
company's security and privacy breach response plan, and if
your company carries cyberliability insurance, to ensure that your
coverage will respond to a network business interruption, security
breach or privacy event against or within your company or its
vendors.
The Eastern United States experienced a massive internet outage
on the morning of October 21, 2016, as Americans started to arrive
at work. The outage disrupted access to a number of major websites
and online services throughout the United States and Europe.
Although the outage initially appeared to subside, it flared up
again as West Coast users logged on at the beginning of their work
day. And again, just as connectivity appeared to be stabilizing,
the disruption further spread late in the afternoon. The October 21
internet
