Last week’s massive ransomware attack should serve as a wake-up call that companies across all industries and regions must take the threat of global cyber attacks seriously. Although investigators are still uncovering...more
5/17/2017
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Hackers ,
Malware ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Ransomware
In a case of “cyber meets securities fraud,” the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY”) recently indicted three foreign nationals on charges of insider trading, wire fraud, and computer...more
1/17/2017
/ Acquisitions ,
Confidential Information ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Hackers ,
Insider Trading ,
Internet ,
Legal Representatives ,
Malware ,
Mergers ,
Non-Public Information ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Wire Fraud
The Supreme Court in Shaw v. United States recently held that the federal bank fraud statute does not require that defendants cause, or intend to cause, an actual financial loss to the financial institutions they seek to...more
12/20/2016
/ Bank Fraud ,
Bank Fraud Act ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Financial Institutions ,
Hackers ,
Popular ,
SCOTUS ,
Shaw v United States
When President Obama signed into law the Cybersecurity Act of 2015, which was designed to facilitate information sharing on cybersecurity threats between the public and private sectors, proponents hailed it as “our best...more