California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Hackers, Personal Data

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - April 2024 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 4/18/2024

CYBERSECURITY - New Threat: Scattered Spider International Coalition of Hackers - Cyber adversaries in China and Russia continue to be a formidable threat to U.S. based companies. In the past, scams might be detected...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2021 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 8/24/2021

CYBERSECURITY - T-Mobile Clarifies Facts of Security Incident in Press Release - There has been a flurry of reporting in the past few days on the T-Mobile customer data compromise, with allegations that the compromise...more

$2.35 Million Settlement in Dickey’s Barbecue Data Breach Class Action

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/20/2021

This week, a proposed data breach class action against Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants Inc. was settled for $2.35 million in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas with approval of the settlement terms by...more

Jones Day Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update | Vol. 28

Jones Day on 8/10/2021

UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - President Biden Issues Cybersecurity Executive Order - On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order that placed new standards on the...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - January 2021 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 1/22/2021

CYBERSECURITY - NYDFS - Cybersecurity Certificate of Compliance Due April 15, 2021 The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS), which regulates certain covered entities and licensed persons in the financial...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2020 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 10/9/2020

CYBERSECURITY - U.S. Chamber of Commerce and FICO Release Security Guidelines on Telework During COVID-19 - It is no secret that companies are experiencing an increase in security incidents following the transition...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - September 2020 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 9/14/2020

CYBERSECURITY - City of Hartford Hit with Ransomware Attack, Causing School Delay - Cyber-attackers know that city and town officials have been gearing up for the start of school and the potential for remote learning,...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - June 2020

Robinson & Cole LLP on 6/13/2020

Alabama City Hit with Ransomware - On June 5, 2020, Florence, Alabama’s information technology systems were hit with ransomware by the DoppelPaymer group demanding a ransom payment of $378,000 in bitcoin. Mayor Steve Holt...more

12 Ways to Ensure Strong Cybersecurity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 4/13/2020

In addition to the upheaval and emergency measures taken to combat the COVID-19 virus, organizations are increasingly vulnerable to cyber-attacks. A key driver of that vulnerability is an at-home workforce using older...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2020 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 3/20/2020

HHS Targeted by Nation-State Hackers - Evil doers know that the best time to attack is during a crisis or a time of vulnerability. As the United States, and specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2020 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 2/14/2020

Ransomware Attacks Predicted to Occur Every 11 Seconds in 2021 with a Cost of $20 Billion - Confirming what we are seeing in the field, cybersecurity firm Cybersecurity Ventures has predicted that, globally, businesses in...more

In Data Privacy, How Smart Is Your Data?

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 2/5/2020

Over the last few years, data privacy has been brought in to the public focus more than ever before. What information is being collected about you, how is it being used, and who has the ability to access it. ...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - January 2020 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 1/17/2020

FBI Warns of Retaliatory Cyber-Attack from Iran - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of a heightened likelihood of Iranian cyber-attacks following the escalation of tension between the U.S. and Iran. This...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - November 2019 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 11/15/2019

Security researchers Intezer and IBM X-Force have identified a new ransomware that is seriously vicious. It’s PureLocker—named because it is programmed in PureBasic language, which is apparently unusual. ...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - November 2019

Robinson & Cole LLP on 11/8/2019

Cyberliability insurance provider Beazley Insurance Company has analyzed its internal breach response data and determined that in its experience, there has been a thirty-seven percent (37%) increase in ransomware attacks this...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2019 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 10/18/2019

A recent Ponemon Institute study finds that small and mid-sized businesses continue to be targeted by cybercriminals, and are struggling to direct an appropriate amount of resources to combat the attacks. ...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2019 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 10/14/2019

The Federal Bureau of Investigations Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) recently issued a public service announcement warning private companies about the increasing numbers of ransomware attacks affecting private industry....more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - September 2019 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 9/23/2019

The Ecuadorian Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Security has announced an investigation into data analytics company Novaestrat after news broke this week that the company left an Elasticsearch server open...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - June 2019

Robinson & Cole LLP on 6/7/2019

Vicious malware continues to be deployed by China-based attackers. A new strain of malware, dubbed “HiddenWasp,” which has the ability to remotely infect computers, has been discovered by a security researcher at Intezar. The...more

Cybersecurity Update: 2018 — A Year in Review

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 1/28/2019

This Update highlights key legal and policy developments in cybersecurity and privacy law that may impact important trends for 2019 and beyond. A central takeaway from 2018 is that regulators in the U.S. and abroad are...more

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