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Need for Enhanced Cybersecurity in Public Finance — Cyberthieves Steal Bond Proceeds

Troutman Pepper Locke on 3/12/2025

Recent events highlight the need for enhanced cybersecurity protocols in government offices across the U.S. In late November 2024, the Township of White Lake in Michigan, intended to issue approximately $29 million in general...more

Decoded Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 3, April 2024

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/9/2024

Using AI to Build Cyber Resilience for Critical Infrastructure - "Cyber resilience serves as a literal survival strategy, offering a framework to detect threats, understand attacks, recover swiftly, and adapt to...more

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 24, 2022

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 12/16/2022

North Carolina Power Outage Points to Homeland Security Long-Documented Threats to US Power Grid - “Moore County blackouts serve as reminder that nation’s electricity infrastructure could be vulnerable targets for domestic...more

New York Department of Financial Services Announces $1.5 Million Settlement of Second Cybersecurity Enforcement Action

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 3/8/2021

On March 3, 2021, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced a settlement with Residential Mortgage Services, Inc. (RMS) for $1.5 million in connection with its violation of the NYDFS Cybersecurity...more

Lessons Learned from a Cyberattack on Florence, Alabama

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 7/23/2020

Hackers used a phishing attack to infiltrate the city’s network and then deployed ransomware. On May 26, 2020, after receiving a tip from a dark web specialist, cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs alerted the city of Florence,...more

Contradictory Responses by Privacy Regulators Post-COVID-19: Balancing the Economy With Cybersecurity in a Changed World (Privacy)

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 6/1/2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disparate effect on privacy regulators, with varying levels of enforcement advocated by different government entities; the California Attorney General, the U.S. Department of Health & Human...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2018 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 3/9/2018

Cybersecurity Task Force Launched in Arizona - Arizona Governor Doug Ducey launched the Arizona Cybersecurity Team (ACT) by Executive Order on March 1, 2018. The ACT is comprised of 22 members representing officials from...more

Connecticut Cyber Task Force Announced

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/28/2017

The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Connecticut has announced the creation of a Connecticut Cyber Task Force (“CCTF”) in partnership with the FBI, DEA, Secret Service, Homeland Security, IRS, Connecticut State...more

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