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Toops Scoops: The Man In The Gray Boxer Shorts—And Your Insurance Business

How will Rep. Anthony Weiner's recent Twitter problems affect your business?

By Laura Mazzuca Toops | Updated on June 03, 2011
"What are you lookin' at?"

Ho-hum, another politician has allegedly been caught with his pants down. Business as usual, right? Maybe, but the lingering Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) scandal—an anonymous crotch shot (here it is, if you must) was sent from his Twitter account to a 21-year-old Seattle female journalism student—has much bigger (ouch) implications for individuals, businesses and insurance.

Consider other recent high-profile events that have unfolded around cyberliability, including two huge Sony Playstation network security breaches (which could end up costing the company $171.7 million), and this week’s announcement that China cyberattackers had hacked Google’s gmail system.

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