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'Ransom Cartel' Leader Indicted: A Reminder of Cybercrime’s Growing Reach

Baker Botts L.L.P. on 8/14/2024

The recent indictment of Maksim Silnikau, a Belarusian and Ukrainian national, is a clear reminder that cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated and bold....more

Hong Kong Proposes a Legal Framework for Regulating Critical Infrastructures

Mayer Brown on 7/24/2024

INTRODUCTION - The acceleration of cyber-attacks on companies in Hong Kong in the last year or so (– with over 60 notifications of such attacks being received by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Hong Kong in 2023,...more

[Webcast Transcript] From Breach to Insight: Incident Response & PII Recovery

HaystackID on 6/6/2024

Editor’s Note: In this informative webcast, Christopher Wall, DPO and Special Counsel for Global Privacy and Forensics at HaystackID, moderates a compelling discussion titled “From Breach to Insight: Incident Response and PII...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - May 2024 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 5/10/2024

CYBERSECURITY - Health Care Entities Continue to Get Pummeled by Cybersecurity Attacks - The newest health care entity to be hit by a cyberattack is Ascension Health, which operates 140 hospitals and 40 assisted living...more

The Confidentiality (Or Not) Of Cyber-Forensics In A Data Breach

Stoel Rives - Global Privacy & Security Blog® on 1/12/2024

Data breaches are on the rise. So are the lawsuits that follow. This has led to an environment where cyber-forensics service providers are more important than ever. Clients seeking these services, however, often do so...more

Weaving Cyber Resilience into the Strategic Fabric of Higher Education Institutions (from EdTech Magazine)

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 11/13/2023

“At colleges and universities across the nation, leaders agree that the key to ensuring business continuity and sustainability is cyber resilience.” Why this is important: As highlighted in previous editions of The...more

No Password Required: Founder and Commissioner of the US Cyber Games, CEO of the Cyber Marketing Firm Katzcy, and Someone Who...

Carlton Fields on 10/27/2023

Jessica Gulick is a woman of many trades. She is the founder and CEO of the cyber marketing firm Katzcy, the founder and commissioner of the US Cyber Games, and a trailblazer who is working to make cybersecurity a sport that...more

Ransomware and Affirmative Defenses

Dentons on 8/18/2023

This year, the Iowa legislature turned its attention to a variety of cyber security issues including Senate File 262, a new Iowa privacy law, joining California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia to broadly protect...more

Updata: Your Quarterly Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - April - June 2023

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 7/14/2023

Welcome to the latest edition of Updata – the international update from Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team. Updata provides you with a compilation of privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and...more

Health Information Management: How It Helps Prevent PII and PHI Breaches

Reveal on 2/2/2023

Healthcare organizations collect and generate tremendous volumes of highly sensitive—and highly regulated—information about patients every day. A substantial portion of this data is personally identifiable information (PII)...more

FTC Announces Settlement with Drizly; Complaint Names CEO in His Individual Capacity

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 10/27/2022

On October 24, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed consent order against Drizly and its CEO, James Cory Rellas, over the online alcohol marketplace company’s data breach incident in 2020, which...more

Ransomware and Phishing Dangers On the Rise

Shutts & Bowen LLP on 9/8/2022

Internet users have (mostly) learned to avoid scams by supposed Nigerian princes looking to share a vast inheritance, and there has been a rise in awareness of other common signs of phishing attempts, such as poor spelling...more

The HSE Cyberattack: Lessons Learned

Clark Hill PLC on 5/19/2022

In this article, we look at the 2021 cyberattack on the Health Service Executive (“HSE”), the national healthcare provider for Ireland, and what lessons have been learned from that crisis one year post-incident....more

Identifying and Protecting Data Within Your Organization is a Moving Target

Reveal on 3/31/2022

Organizations have a lot to contend with regarding their data these days. Data is more sensitive than ever, due to ever-changing data privacy laws. Yet, it’s also under siege more than ever with an increasing number of...more

Forecast: March 2022 Edition

Fisher Phillips on 3/16/2022

Welcome to FP Forecast, a monthly outlook featuring Fisher Phillips thought leaders providing their insights into what employers can expect in 2022 and beyond. By following along each month, you’ll be in the best position to...more

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 3. Privacy Briefs: March 2022

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 3/14/2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 3 (March, 2022) - HHS said in early March that it was not aware of any specific threat to U.S. health care organizations stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “However, in the...more

FINRA Urges Firms to Heed CISA/FBI “Shields Up” Warning on Russia

Burr & Forman on 2/17/2022

The regular “Weekly Update” email from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) had an eye-catching warning February 16, urging broker-dealer member firms to heed the “Shields Up” cyber threat warning from the...more

FBI and DHS Warn of Russian Cyberattacks Against Critical Infrastructure

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/17/2022

U.S. officials this week warned government agencies, cybersecurity personnel, and operators of critical infrastructure that Russia might launch cyber-attacks against Ukrainian and U.S. networks at the same time it launches...more

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 2. Privacy Briefs: February 2022

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 2/15/2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 2 (February, 2022) - Tensions between the U.S. and Russia could lead to a heightened risk of Russian state-sponsored cyberattacks on U.S. interests, including health care organizations,...more

FBI Warns Olympics/Paralympics Participants of Cyber “Activities”

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/4/2022

On January 31, 2022, the FBI issued a Private Industry Notification entitled “Potential for Malicious Cyber Activities to Disrupt the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics,” warning those associated with the Olympics...more

Federal Data Breach Reporting Requirements Continue to Evolve

McDermott Will & Emery on 12/10/2021

Complementing the patchwork of state data breach notification laws, a number of federal agencies recently have promulgated sector-specific reporting rules affecting a variety of companies, both directly and indirectly, with...more

Episode 8: Why brokers, not breaches, are America's greatest privacy threat (with Rob Shavell)

Epiq on 9/29/2021

Jerich is joined by Rob Shavell. Rob is CEO of Abine / DeleteMe, The Online Privacy Company. Rob has been quoted as a privacy expert in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Telegraph, NPR, ABC, NBC, and Fox. Rob is a...more

SEC Makes Cybersecurity Top Priority; Sanctions Firms for Cybersecurity Failures

Goodwin on 9/16/2021

There is little doubt that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is making cybersecurity a top priority. SEC Chair Gary Gensler told a Senate committee on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 that the agency is developing a...more

OSFI Cybersecurity Guidance and Notification Requirements

Bennett Jones LLP on 8/31/2021

OSFI, the Canadian Federal Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, on August 13, 2021, issued new guidance on Technology and Cyber Security Incident Reporting, replacing prior guidance of March 2019....more

White House Focused on Combating Ransomware

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/16/2021

Ransomware attacks are frequent and escalating as we speak. Double extortion scams are hitting companies at a dizzying pace, and catching companies, large and small, off-guard. U.S. President Joseph Biden warned Russian...more

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