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Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

College Student Behind Cyber Extortions

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts has charged a student at Assumption University with hacking into two U.S.-based companies’ systems and demanding a ransom....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Rolling With the Punches in a Networked World: CCOE Cybersecurity Panel Discussion

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Whether the game is football, baseball, hockey, or Indy Car racing, no team goes into their major championship matchup without training. Companies need to train as well if they intend to operate on the internet and expect to...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Caution! Credential Stuffing on the Rise

If you have a tendency to reuse the same password across multiple accounts, you could be leaving yourself (and your organization) exposed to risk. Credential stuffing, the stealthy technique fueling a recent explosion of...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack: 10 Lessons Learned

Why does it matter to you? In February of 2024, Change Healthcare, a prominent player in the healthcare industry, fell victim to a ransomware attack that sent shockwaves through its systems and networks. The incident...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: October 2023

Report on Patient Privacy 23, no. 10 (October, 2023) Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals will pay California $49 million to resolve allegations that they unlawfully disposed of hazardous waste,...more

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FDA Authorized to Establish New Cybersecurity Standards for Medical Devices: What it Means for Industry

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On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed a new statute that will significantly impact medical device cybersecurity regulation. Section 3305 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (“Section 3305”) authorizes the...more

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Notable Cyberattack Methods and Common Targets of 2022

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Cyberattacks are a constant threat to businesses, organizations, governments, and individuals worldwide. In order to stay secure against cybercriminal activity, it is essential to understand the various cyberattack methods...more

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NYDFS recommends critical new practices to reduce supply chain risk in wake of SolarWinds attack

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On April 27, 2021, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS” or the “Department”) released a report regarding its investigation into the response by DFS covered entities to the SolarWinds supply chain attack....more

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SolarWinds Cyber-Attack Has Significant Implications for Developers and Contractors

ICYMI, on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) issued an update about what it termed “a major incident under the Federal Information Security Modernization Act”: the global SolarWinds...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Hack of IT Service Provider May Affect Thousands of Private Businesses

On December 13, the software and service provider SolarWinds announced that its Orion software platform had been the target of a sophisticated cyber-attack that may have resulted in malicious code being pushed to as many as...more

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Ransomware Hits Legal Case Management Provider TrialWorks

TrialWorks, a legal case management software platform announced to its customers on October 13, 2019, that it was experiencing a hosting outage at their data center and that they would provide updates as they learned more...more

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Shareholders sue mobile security firm for failing to disclose hacking incident before IPO

MobileIron, Inc. was sued late last week by shareholders in a proposed class action for allegedly failing to disclose a hacking incident just weeks before its initial public offering (IPO). The suit, filed on behalf of...more

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Mobile Health Devices and Cybersecurity: Federal Guidance for Management of Threats in Medical Devices

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New Technology = New Threats - With new technology comes new security concerns. But when that new technology is in the medical field, the cybersecurity vulnerabilities can be particularly devastating. The...more

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