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Virtual Currency (aka Digital Currency or Digital Money) is a type of currency or medium of exchange that is not issued by any government nor guaranteed by a government currency. Despite lacking legal tender status, Virtual Currency is still traded and exchanged in some environments, typically online environments or communities. Bitcoin is the most well-known form of Virtual Currency. less -

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - May 2019 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 5/24/2019

The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) this week approved an information security model rule package aimed at improving the cybersecurity posture of the 17,543 state-registered advisers. ...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - July 2018 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 7/30/2018

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced on July 19, 2018, that it is directing the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) “to develop and submit modifications to the NERC Reliability...more

HaoBao Malware Hitting Banks Scans for Bitcoin Activity

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/22/2018

Lazarus, the well-known hacking group responsible for the WannaCry ransomware attack from last year, as well as the attack on the Bangladesh Central Bank and Sony, is now targeting global financial firms and Bitcoin adopters...more

Hacker Steals Millions from Virtual Currency Exchange Bithumb

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/17/2017

A cyber-attack against–Bithumb–one of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges and one of the five largest in the world—has reaped access to the data of 30,000 users and drained their accounts in the process. Bithumb is...more

WannaCry Ransomware Alert

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/22/2017

This is not a drill. Companies and law enforcement agencies around the world have been left scrambling after the world’s most prolific ransomware attack hit over 500,000 computers in 150 countries over a span of only 4...more

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