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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Hackers Increasingly Leveraging Threats to Patients to Pressure Health Organizations to Pay Ransom

Cyberhackers—potentially frustrated by their limited ability to extort ransom from health care entities in attacks—have started extorting the patients themselves, threatening them with the release of information or...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: July 2023

A former hospital worker in Arizona was sentenced to 54 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution after pleading guilty to two felony counts involving identity theft and health information disclosure. In the plea deal,...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Getting back when HACT: Congress’s idea to provide redress to recent cyberattacks

Amidst the ever-worsening onslaught of cyberattacks, companies are longing to go on the offensive, whether by “hacking-back” or by going after malicious actors in United States courts. While Congress has previously refused to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

NYDFS Issues Report on SolarWinds

This week, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued the Report on the SolarWinds Cyber Espionage Attack and Institutions’ Response....more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - January 2020 #2

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Department of Homeland Security Warns of Cyber-Attacks by Iran - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a grave warning to U.S. businesses and critical infrastructure operators on January 6, 2020, alerting the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Cross-Border Investigations Update - September 2019

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including a review of the first year of GDPR enforcement, analysis of...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Grid Electrification: Addressing Cybersecurity Threats and Mitigating Risk in the Renewable Energy Era - ABA Forum

Technology and the critical infrastructure that support our personal pursuits and business operations are ripe targets for cyberattacks. In particular, the electrical grid that transmits electricity from its point of...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Financial Stability Oversight Council identifies cybersecurity as primary area of risk for the banking industry

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On December 14, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), which was established by the Dodd-Frank Act to analyze and mitigate potential threats to the financial sector, released its first report under the Trump...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Auto-ISAC Focuses on Cybersecurity

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It is difficult these days to escape news of some sort of hack taking place. Whether it be hotels, pizza, telecoms, web service providers, or, of course, credit agencies. It should not surprise anyone that as automobiles...more

King & Spalding

Auto-ISAC Pushes To Protect Internet-Enabled Connected Cars

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In July 2016, the nonprofit Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center (“Auto-ISAC”) released a series of auto cybersecurity best practices to collectively address cyber threats that could pose unreasonable risks to...more

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U.S. House Committee On Homeland Security Holds Hearing On States’ Preparation For Cyber Threats

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On Tuesday, May 24, 2016, the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security (the “Committee”) held a hearing titled “Enhancing Preparedness and Response Capabilities to Address Cyber Threats.” The hearing was convened jointly by...more

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Senate Passes Legislation To Ease Sharing Of Cybersecurity Threat Information

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On October 27, 2015, the Senate passed S. 754, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (“CISA”), which addresses how companies can share cyber threat information with the federal government. The legislation aims to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Senate passes Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act

After a long delay, with a vote of 74 to 21, the United States Senate passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) on October 27, 2015. The bill has been touted as being controversial and is opposed by...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Data Breach Response Planning: Laying the Right Foundation

Part of Bradley Arant’s Privacy and Information Security Team’s seven-part Data Breach Toolkit Webinar Series, the “Data Breach Response Planning: Laying the Right Foundation” webinar, led by Paige Boshell and Amy Leopard,...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Update: Department of Defense Privacy and Information Handling/Department of Defense Proposed Rule

There is a lot going on with the government right now regarding information and privacy. As the saying goes, it is not a matter of if the system is hacked or taken advantage of but when. This update will quickly cover two...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Auto manufacturers’ alliance create information sharing and analysis center for cyber-threats

Twelve automakers that make up the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM) have agreed to form an information sharing and analysis center (Auto ISAC) that will facilitate the sharing of cyber security data to stay abreast...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Industry Weighs In on Data Security, Cybersecurity Legislation

Industry Weighs In on Data Security, Cybersecurity Legislation: Why it matters - Members of the financial industry were able to share their positions and voice concerns at a recent hearing held by the House...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Hackers Gonna Hack—FINRA’s Report on Cybersecurity Practices Assists Firms in Responding to Threats

On February 3, 2015 the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) released its long-awaited Report on Cybersecurity Practices, a broad overview of the state of play in the cybersecurity arena for broker-dealers....more

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