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The FBI Warns Clevelanders About a Rise in Digital Theft

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 4/28/2022

Cellphones have become a necessity for many people throughout the world, allowing convenience and interconnectivity in the palm of our hands – but they’ve also opened the door to a new type of theft. On April 26, the...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2021

Robinson & Cole LLP on 8/6/2021

CYBERSECURITY - Extortion Doesn’t Work for EA Sports Hackers - According to The Record, Electronic Arts Sports (EA) was the victim of a cyber hacking in June, when hackers posted on an underground hacking forum that they...more

Cybercrime 2020 – The Rise of “Vishing”

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/31/2020

As if 2020 hasn’t caused enough hardship and headaches for employers already, the FBI and U.S. Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) recently issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory Alert warning employers about...more

Minimizing Risk and Liability from Man in the Middle Attacks (or, How to Keep Your Company’s Wire Transfers from Going Awry)

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 4/29/2019

Imagine this scenario: you’ve had a productive and mutually advantageous ongoing contractual relationship of several years with another party. You have built up quite a bit of trust over the years, and communicate regularly...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

SWIFT CEO announces customer security programme

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 6/2/2016

Following a series of thefts from international banks utilizing the Society for World Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) communication system, the Chief Executive Officer of SWIFT announced a sweeping five part...more

Trade & Manufacturing - October 2015

King & Spalding on 10/9/2015

Ending the Crude Oil Export Ban - On September 17, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed a bill to end the 40-year-old ban on the export of domestic crude oil. The Committee vote was passed by a Republican...more

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Features Key Developments in Intellectual Property and Information Technology

King & Spalding on 10/8/2015

On October 5, the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (“TPP”) countries announced that they had resolved all remaining issues and reached a final agreement on the long-anticipated regional free-trade agreement. As King & Spalding...more

U.S., China Announce Cybersecurity Agreement During Xi Jiping’s Visit

King & Spalding on 10/2/2015

Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first state visit to the United States last week, and his itinerary included meetings with U.S. technology company leaders as well as President Barack Obama. Not surprisingly, his hosts...more

Project CAMERASHY Details Cyberespionage By China’s Military

King & Spalding on 10/1/2015

In a story reminiscent of a Tom Clancy plot, the Wall Street Journal reported last Thursday on “meticulously documented” cyberespionage conducted by China’s People’s Liberation Army (“PLA”) Unit 78020 to further strategic...more

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