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FBI Warns of Hidden Threats in Remote Hiring: Are North Korean Hackers Your Newest Employees?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/21/2025

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently warned employers of increasing security risks from North Korean workers infiltrating U.S. companies by obtaining remote jobs to steal proprietary information and extort money...more

You’ve been hit with ransomware. Think twice before you pay.

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 12/10/2024

You've been hit by a ransomware attack, and a cybercriminal group is demanding a cryptocurrency payment in exchange for your data's safe return. Should you pay? Deciding whether to pay a ransom is an internal business...more

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

Alston & Bird on 11/21/2024

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

Privacy Briefs: November 2024

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 11/14/2024

Change Healthcare Inc. has amended its initial breach report to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to state that 100 million individuals were impacted by its mammoth ransomware attack and breach. However, as of Oct. 24,...more

Combatting the New Insider Threat: North Korean IT Workers Posing as Remote Employees

Alston & Bird on 11/8/2024

The New York Department of Financial Services issued a cybersecurity advisory on November 1, 2024, regarding a growing threat posed by North Korean operatives seeking remote IT roles at U.S. companies. These operatives secure...more

Federal Agencies Issue Warning Regarding Iran-Based Cyber Security Threats to U.S. Healthcare Entities

King & Spalding on 9/9/2024

On August 28, 2024, the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), together with the FBI and Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center, issued an advisory to U.S. organizations, including healthcare...more

Cybercrime Trends: A Midyear Review

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/25/2024

Cybercriminals continue to outpace the best efforts of regulators, law enforcement, and cybersecurity professionals. Recent reporting from the Federal Bureau of Investigation demonstrates that cybercriminals are increasingly...more

HHS and FBI Release Joint Cybersecurity Advisory Statement for Healthcare Providers

Morgan Lewis - Health Law Scan on 7/18/2024

Shortly after our prior blog post discussing the need for healthcare entities to shore up protections against phishing attacks, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)...more

Privacy Briefs: July 2024

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 7/15/2024

Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health System said it experienced a breach impacting more than 1.27 million patients when a former employee of vendor Nuance Communications Inc., a Microsoft Corp. subsidiary, accessed patient...more

Navigating the New Cybersecurity Terrain: Implications of the FCC’s Latest Rule on Security Breach Notifications

Mandelbaum Barrett PC on 2/23/2024

Introduction: On February 12, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) finalized a critical cybersecurity rule, Sec. 64.2011, mandating telecommunications carriers and TRS (Telecommunications Relay Services)...more

FBI and CISA Warn of Chinese Cyberattacks on U.S. Critical Infrastructure

Alston & Bird on 2/22/2024

Recently, there has been a surge in alerts and warnings concerning cyberattacks by People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored threat actors on U.S. critical infrastructure. On February 7, 2024, the Federal Bureau of...more

New cyber threat to US critical infrastructure

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 2/9/2024

Last week the FBI Director, CISA Director, NSA Director, and National Cyber Director testified publicly about current and ongoing threats to US critical infrastructure providers by Chinese state-sponsored entities known as...more

Security Snippets: FBI warns critical infrastructure of increasing attacks from China

Hogan Lovells on 2/2/2024

Cyberattacks from China are targeting critical infrastructure including communications, energy, transportation, and water. Critical U.S. infrastructure may face a higher risk of cyberattacks from the People’s Republic of...more

FCC Expands Data Breach Notification Requirements

Lerman Senter PLLC on 1/19/2024

The FCC has significantly expanded telecommunications carriers’ data breach notification and reporting obligations. Telecommunications carriers, including Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, and telecommunications...more

SEC Speech on Cybersecurity Disclosure

Paul Hastings LLP on 1/9/2024

On December 14, 2023, Erik Gerding, Director, Division of Corporation Finance at the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) gave a speech on the SEC’s final rules (the “Final Rule(s)”) regarding cybersecurity risk...more

FBI and DOJ Offer Guidance on SEC Cybersecurity Incident Disclosure Rules

King & Spalding on 1/8/2024

On December 18, 2023, new cybersecurity rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) became effective. Among other things, those rules require SEC registrants to disclose certain information about...more

AI, Phishing Attacks, Healthcare, and a $480,000 OCR Settlement under HIPAA

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/5/2024

Phishing has long been a favorite tactic for threat actors (hackers) to commence a cyberattack. The rapid expansion of more adaptable and available artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as natural language...more

DOJ, FBI, and SEC Provide Guidance For Delay Requests Relating to Disclosure of Cybersecurity Incidents Under Form 8-K

K&L Gates LLP on 1/4/2024

On 18 December 2023, the new rules of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding disclosure of material cybersecurity incidents under Item 1.05 of Form 8-K went into effect, requiring companies to report a...more

Cybersecurity in 2024: Ten Top Issues to Consider

Wiley Rein LLP on 1/3/2024

As we enter the New Year, Wiley has looked back at the top cyber issues for 2023 and what they mean for 2024. Last year, we saw the rollout of the National Cybersecurity Strategy—which outlined a new era of cyber oversight—as...more

DOJ & FBI Issue New Guidelines for Delayed Reporting of Cyber Incidents to the SEC

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 12/26/2023

Under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure rule (cybersecurity rule), public companies subject to the cybersecurity rule must promptly...more

SEC’s Cybersecurity Rules – SEC Issues Guidance and DOJ Establishes Processes for the National Security or Public Safety Exception

Alston & Bird on 12/22/2023

Our Securities and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy teams unpack the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) process for companies seeking to delay Form 8-K disclosures under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) cybersecurity...more

SEC’s New Rules for Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure Go into Effect

ArentFox Schiff on 12/21/2023

On December 18, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new rules enhancing and standardizing disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident reporting by companies who...more

FBI, DOJ and SEC Publish Guidance on Requesting Delayed Reporting of Material Cyber Incidents on Form 8-K: Takeaways for CISOs and...

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/20/2023

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules in 2023 that are intended to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance and incident reporting by...more

DOJ, FBI Issue Guidance for Public Companies Seeking to Delay Disclosure of Material Cybersecurity Incidents

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 12/15/2023

As we discussed in our prior blog post, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently finalized its Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure rule for public companies (the "Rule")....more

Holiday Scams Propelled By Artificial Intelligence

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 12/12/2023

On 11/22/23, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection office released an advisory providing tips to consumers to avoid becoming the victim of cyber or online...more

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