California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Hackers, Ransomware

The Digital Download – Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter – August 2023

Alston & Bird on 8/10/2023

Publications and Advisories - July 31, 2023 – Dave Brown, Kate Hanniford, Kim Peretti, Julia Mediamolle, Cara Peterman, Sierra Shear, Kristen Bartolotta, and Kezia Osunsade published “Securities Law, Securities Litigation,...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - September 2022 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 9/30/2022

CYBERSECURITY - Hackers Experimenting with Deploying Destructive Malware - It’s a cold, hard fact that hackers don’t really care about their victims or their victims’ data or business. They are greedy, evil human...more

Policyholder Best Practices As Cyberattacks Escalate

Flaster Greenberg PC on 9/4/2021

Cyberattacks are exploding. The coronavirus pandemic has further exposed cyber vulnerabilities due to remote work and the increasing use of underprotected devices. Ransomware attacks are increasingly becoming the cyberattack...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

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

Bose Added to List of High-Profile Companies Who Have Suffered Ransomware Attack

ArentFox Schiff on 6/14/2021

Crippling data breaches and sophisticated ransomware attacks are increasingly common threats to modern businesses. Ransomware attacks can not only target confidential company data and data collected from customers but...more

The Digital Download – Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter – November 2020

Alston & Bird on 11/20/2020

Selected Developments in U.S. Law - Alston & Bird Analyzes New California Privacy Rights Act - California voters approved a ballot initiative containing the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020. ...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - November 2020 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 11/13/2020

CYBERSECURITY - Q3 Coveware Report: Unsettling Update on Ransomware - We spend a lot of time reporting on ransomware because we are seeing more incidents than ever before, and our readers comment that keeping them up to...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 - October 2020

Robinson & Cole LLP on 10/5/2020

CYBERSECURITY - OFAC Issues Advisory on Sanctions for Facilitating Ransomware Payments - On October 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an advisory “to...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

COVID-19’s Impact on Cybersecurity – Don’t Let Your Data Privacy, Security and Regulatory Compliance Waver

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 6/24/2020

COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on nearly all aspects of organizations nationwide – from employee safety to reimagined workplaces to financial hardships. But cyber protection and response during the pandemic cannot take a...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

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 #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 - January 2019 #5

Robinson & Cole LLP on 2/4/2019

I was a speaker at a recent conference of municipalities in a state last week, and during my presentation, I mentioned the various cyber-attacks that have affected cities, towns and educational departments in the U.S....more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - January 2019 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 1/21/2019

Cybercriminals have launched a new campaign that not only requires the victim to pay a ransom to have their data decrypted, but when the victim is directed to a PayPal account to pay the ransom and get the decryption key to...more

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