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Womble Bond Dickinson

Cybersecurity: Salt Typhoon’s Persistence is a Cruel Lesson for Smaller Providers

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This article is based on Carri Bennet’s April 9th presentation at the Palmetto Broadband Coalition Annual Convention in Greenville, S.C. In December 2024, the White House’s Deputy National Security Adviser for Cyber and...more

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Salt Typhoon Cyberattack Prompts Action from FCC, CISA, FBI, and More

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A recent attack by Chinese hacking group “Salt Typhoon” hit major U.S. telecommunications providers and exposed Americans’ call record metadata. Following this attack, the FCC and other agencies have taken steps to help...more

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Salt Typhoon Cyberattacks: New Federal Cybersecurity Guidelines for Telecoms

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U.S. federal agencies, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (in coordination with similar agencies in Australia,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Telecoms Still Trying to Evict Salt Typhoon

According to statements by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the People’s Republic of China-backed (PRC) hacking group Salt Typhoon, which attacked telecommunications providers last month, is still...more

Alston & Bird

The Digital Download – Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter – November 2024

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Publications & Advisories - November 2024 – Kathleen Benway, Jennifer Everett, Alysa Austin, and Kristen Bartolotta published “Federal Trade Commission’s Updated Health Breach Notification Rule Is Now in Effect” in Employee...more

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Congressional Research Service Report Sheds Light on October Telecommunications Attack by PRC-Linked Threat Actor

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In early October 2025, several media outlets reported that United States telecommunications services had been infiltrated by state affiliated threat actors linked to the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”). These reports were...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FCC Plans to Launch Cybersecurity Pilot Program for Schools and Libraries

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced its proposal to create a Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program that would help K-12 schools and libraries protect their broadband networks and data from...more

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Recommendations for Managing Cybersecurity Threats in the Manufacturing Sector

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In the hyper-connected era of smart manufacturing, accelerated by “Industry 4.0,” the manufacturing sector is undergoing a digital revolution. By leveraging technologies such as advanced automation, artificial intelligence,...more

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Securing Cyberspace: White House releases National Cybersecurity Strategy

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The Biden Administration released its National Cybersecurity Strategy (Strategy) in an effort to reshape U.S. policy and priorities around cybersecurity for the public and private sectors, marking a significant shift in tone...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

T-Mobile Sued for Data Breach of 37 Million Records

On January 22, 2023, T-Mobile was sued in federal court in California alleging negligence, unjust enrichment, breach of express contract, breach of implied contract, and invasion of privacy over the recently-disclosed data...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #340 – Smishing Scams Reminder

The Twilio and Cloudfare smishing attacks [view related post] provide a timely reminder of how sophisticated smishing attacks are and how they can affect businesses and their customers. But threat actors don’t just attack...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

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 affected up to 100 million customers. ...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #292 – Some Mint Mobile Users’ Information Compromised

Mint Mobile notified a “small number” of customers last weekend that their personal information was compromised between June 8 and June 10, when a threat actor ported the phone numbers of those customers to another carrier...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Working Remotely in France: Protecting the Company’s IT System Through an Information Technology Code Of Conduct

The spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) has led companies to encourage employees to work remotely. Given that cyber attackers are always ready to exploit any security vulnerability, companies should ensure that they have in...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 2.11.2020 | Top Story: DOJ Indicts Four from Chinese Army Over 2017 Equifax Cyberattack

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-The DOJ has announced charges against four members of China’s military related to the 2017 cyberattack on credit-reporting agency Equifax, the breach that revealed “trade secrets and the personal data of about 145 million...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.4.2019 | Top Story: UK Parliament Rebels to Defy Prime Minister on Brexit

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One can prorogate all one wants, but raise the ire of British MPs, and a price will be paid, my friends. So goes the story for PM Boris Johnson, against whom British lawmakers “rose up” on Monday to “prevent him from taking...more

White & Case LLP

Germany's Draft Bill on IT Security 2.0 – Extended BSI Authorities, Stricter Penalties and New Obligations on Providers

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On March 27, 2019, the German Federal Ministry of the Interior (GMI) proposed a new bill (the "Draft Bill") for a so-called IT Security Act 2.0 (IT-SiG 2.0). In an effort to take a front-runner role in Europe, Germany has...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

iPhone Users Targeted by New Malware Campaign

Cisco Talos has discovered a new menace to iPhone users—a sophisticated malware campaign targeting iPhones to trick users into downloading an open-source mobile device management (MDM) solution that gives the hackers control...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The long-standing unease between CBS and the Redstone family bubbled over into a “corporate declaration of war” yesterday, with CBS suing controlling shareholder Shari Redstone and her family’s holding company to prevent (or...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Chinese Telecom Companies in Hot Water

“Chinese cyber espionage and cyber-attack capabilities will continue to support China’s national security and economic priorities,” as stated by Dan Coats, the Director of National Intelligence “Americans should not buy...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2018 #3

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Verizon's Protected Health Information Data Breach Report Concludes that Insiders Are Greatest Threat to Health Care Entities - Verizon recently issued its Protected Health Information Data Breach Report, which is always...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #130 – Smartphones Targeted by Dark Caracal Attack

There is a global malware campaign that is targeting mobile devices across the world. It is called Dark Caracal, which is believed to be sourced in Beirut by the Lebanese General Security Directorate. ...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy TIp #86 - Android Users Vulnerable to Malware through Apps

University of Michigan researchers have discovered that hundreds of applications in Google Play turn Android phones into a server that allow the user to connect the phone directly to a PC and leave open insecure ports...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Yahoo Breaches Cost Shareholders $350 Million From Lowered Purchase Price, CEO Forfeits $14 Million in Compensation

Yahoo’s troubles for failing to timely disclose security breaches provides rare insight into quantifying the financial and other costs to a company’s shareholders and leadership when a security breach occurs and is...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

CIA Director’s email account hacked

An anonymous hacker has contacted the New York Post to explain how he was able to hack into the CIA Director’s AOL email account. According to several reports, a high school student and his two friends implemented social...more

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