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Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Insure Against Data Breaches Suffered By Vendors and Service Providers

Over the last several years several companies, including Marriott, Yahoo and Volkswagen, have been victimized by hackers breaking into a company’s computer network. In some cases, they have put confidential information on the...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

The Invaluable Benefits Of Multi-Factor Authentication

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The need to input a username and password when logging into a computer is a “single factor” authentication. But, from a security perspective, that single factor authentication only goes so far. Consider, for example, the...more

Fisher Phillips

Not If But When: Cybercrime Targets Telework

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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of Americans have deserted the physical workplace. Modern technology and remote access capabilities have made it possible to transform almost any job to a telework position. As...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Increasing Importance of Trade Secrets and Trade Secret Asset Management Explained

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Trade secrets have, up until recently, been somewhat ignored. When I started to pay attention to trade secrets, some of my colleagues and contacts probably thought that I was mad. ...more

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FBI Warns of Continuing Threat from “ATM Cashout” Scheme

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The FBI is warning banks to be on guard against possible attacks on ATMs. In an alert sent to banks on August 10th, the FBI warned banks that it had “obtained unspecified reporting indicating cyber criminals are planning...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Privacy Perils: Social Engineering Fraud - the C-Suite Maneuver

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It's a common misconception that cyber-criminals use sophisticated technical tools to hack into a person's computer or online accounts. More often than not, cyber attackers use old fashioned trickery or "social engineering"...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Of Greek Gods and Data Breaches

The sorry story of Chris Correa, the St. Louis Cardinal executive convicted of hacking into the Houston Astros computer system expanded last month when Federal Judge Lynn Hughes unsealed details about the extent of the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Major League Baseball fines Cardinals and Plucks Draft Picks for Hacking the Astros

It doesn’t always pay to be a hacker. Major League Baseball (MLB) this week made a strong statement about its tolerance for teams hacking other teams. We previously reported on the incident when a Cardinals employee hacked...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Law Firm Data Breaches Demonstrate the Expanding Scope of Cyber Attacks

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

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Indictment Issued in Law Firm Hacks

In what New York’s top federal prosecutor called a “wake-up call for law firms around the world,” three Chinese citizens have been charged with hacking into the servers of two prominent – but unidentified – international law...more

Porter Hedges LLP

Business Litigation Alert: "Business Lessons from the Database Hack of the Houston Astros"

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Christopher Correa, a former scout for the St. Louis Cardinals, was recently sentenced to almost four years in prison for hacking the Houston Astros player-personnel database. While it seems far-fetched that hacking would...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Ex-Cardinals scouting director sentenced to serve time in jail for Astros database hacking

Back in January, we wrote about the ex-Cardinals Scouting Director pleading guilty to hacking the Houston Astros database. Now, this week, Christopher Correa, former scouting director and director of baseball development, was...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Major League Baseball investigating Cardinals-Astros hacking

Promptly following the sentencing of Christopher Correa on July 18, 2016, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced that Major League Baseball (MLB) is looking further into the hacking incident involving...more

Cozen O'Connor

Courts: We Hear No Suit Based on Cyber Crime Before its Time

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Two recent decisions out of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland illustrate the difficulty that cyber breach victims can have in establishing standing to sue. In both cases, the court dismissed the cyber...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

KitNipBox Sues Meowbox for Allegedly Hacking Website and Stealing Trade Secrets

Cat product service provider KitNipBox sued rival Meowbox in federal court in Washington alleging that Meowbox hacked into KitNipBox’s website to steal its trade secrets and confidential information and to disrupt its...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Stealing Bases Okay; Stealing Data Not So Much

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On January 8, 2016, Christopher Correa, the former director of Baseball Development for the St. Louis Cardinals, pleaded guilty to each count of a five-count criminal information, charging him with felony violations of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

SEC brings first cybersecurity-related enforcement action

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently settled its first cybersecurity-related enforcement action against a Missouri based registered investment adviser, R.T. Jones Capital Equities Management, Inc. (the ...more

King & Spalding

Project CAMERASHY Details Cyberespionage By China’s Military

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In a story reminiscent of a Tom Clancy plot, the Wall Street Journal reported last Thursday on “meticulously documented” cyberespionage conducted by China’s People’s Liberation Army (“PLA”) Unit 78020 to further strategic...more

Carlton Fields

Investment Adviser Settles SEC Charges After Data Breach

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Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settled charges against a registered investment adviser for failing to comply with Rule 30(a) of Regulation S-P (17 C.F.R. § 248.30(a)) (“Safeguards Rule”). The...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Throwback Thursday: Why Trade Secret Theft Isn’t Just a Digital Problem And What Businesses Can Do About It

With stories of cyberattacks and data breaches on a seemingly endless loop, businesses and governments have been doubling down on their efforts to protect digital information and assets.  But, in some industries, the greatest...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Hacking Your Rivals – Corporate Espionage in Major League Baseball

As we approach the dog days of summer, baseball season is again in full bloom. We previously discussed old-fashioned sign stealing in the context of teams trying to gain a competitive advantage during an actual game. But it...more

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