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Weekly Blockchain Blog - February 2025 #4

BakerHostetler on 2/24/2025

U.S. Digital Asset Companies Continue Product Launches, Market Expansion - U.S. nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea recently announced the launch of its new OS2 digital asset trading platform, which expands into...more

Privacy Briefs: October 2023

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 10/6/2023

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

DOJ announces international malware action, recovers $8.6 million in illicit profits

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 9/5/2023

On August 29, the DOJ announced a multinational operation involving the U.S., France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Romania, and Latvia to “disrupt” a malware’s infrastructure called Qakbot. Attorney General Merrick B....more

The SolarWinds Cyber-Attack – The Devastation and Wreckage

The Volkov Law Group on 3/10/2021

The SolarWinds cyber-attack was devastating in scope and impact. If any lesson can be learned from this event, the SolarWinds case presents all the pitfalls, enforcement and reputational damage, rolled into one tragic series...more

U.S. Takes Part in Multinational Efforts to Disrupt Netwalker Ransomware and Emotet Malware

Alston & Bird on 2/2/2021

On January 27 and 28, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two successful operations to disrupt two different strains of malware, Netwalker ransomware and a banking Trojan known as Emotet, which have affected...more

SolarWinds Cyber-Attack Has Significant Implications for Developers and Contractors

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 1/15/2021

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

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

U.S. Treasury and DOJ Targets “Evil Corp”

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/6/2019

Organization Excels at Niche Branding but Stumbles in Avoiding Enforcement - The first paragraph of the press release sums it up: Today the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action...more

DOJ Announces Indictment of Chinese Hackers

Alston & Bird on 1/3/2019

On December 20, 2018, the Department of Justice and the FBI announced the indictment of two Chinese hackers, Zhu Hua and Zhang Shilong, who have been charged in a years-long global hacking campaign that resulted in the theft...more

DOJ Takes Action Against Sophisticated Botnet Linked to Russian DNC Hackers

Jones Day on 5/31/2018

On May 23, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") publicly announced its seizure of botnet infrastructure used by malware dubbed "VPNFilter." DOJ indicated that the sophisticated malware was linked to APT 28, the group...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2018 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 2/26/2018

U.S. Estimates that Cyber Hacks Cost Up to $109 Billion in 20 - The Council for Economic Advisors (CEA) issued a report this month, entitled “The Cost of Malicious Cyber Activity to the U.S. Economy,” which concludes that...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - January 2018 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 1/19/2018

Think Tank Says Nuclear Missiles Can be Inadvertently Launched Through Cyber-Attacks - Just before the false alarm in Hawaii last weekend when residents were erroneously warned of an impending missile attack, think tank...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 15

Jones Day on 9/15/2017

UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - FTC Comments on Improvements to IoT Device Security - On June 19, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") submitted comments to a working group organized by the...more

DHS and DOJ Release Updated Guidance for Sharing Cyber Threat Indicators and Defensive Measures

WilmerHale on 6/23/2016

On June 15, in response to feedback from non-federal entities on guidance released in February, the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Justice (DOJ) issued updated guidance for companies about sharing cyber threat...more

Insider Trading Hack was Cinematic in Scope

Cozen O'Connor on 9/9/2015

The U.S. Department of Justice announced indictments in Brooklyn and New Jersey last month of 32 people for fraudulently obtaining inside information and then using that knowledge to make millions in the market, in the...more

DOJ Cracks Down on Cyber Criminals

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/24/2015

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the largest coordinated international law enforcement effort ever directed at an online cyber-criminal forum. Financial institutions and other companies should consider...more

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