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Join us Wednesday, February 18, from 2 to 3 p.m. EST for the first of our series of six webinars covering trending topics in the Data Security, Privacy & Technology space – “Litigating Data Breaches: Trends, Risks and...more
Through the combined efforts between Dinsmore’s cybersecurity team and Armada Growth Partners (AGP), new intelligence on the Techniques, Tactics, and Procedures (TTP) for the Nitrogen ransomware group has been identified....more
Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more
In the spine-chilling world of cybersecurity, data breaches are monsters that never truly die. Long after headlines fade, the consequences can rise from the grave, bringing reputational harm, legal nightmares, and financial...more
Courts are concluding that not all data breaches should result in a lawsuit. Businesses need to consider causation and damages when responding to an incident and take steps to determine if there is no evidence of harm or...more
When a law firm experiences a data breach, which includes both unauthorized data access as well as disclosure, the consequences extend far beyond reputational harm. Increasingly, attackers exfiltrate entire client...more
On remand, the District Court held that individual questions predominated regarding whether individuals incurred reasonable expenses or spent time in mitigation of fraudulent charges or data posting, and denied class...more
According to an AT&T spokesperson, this is not accurate. Social Security Numbers and Dates of Birth were already available in plain text in the original compromised dataset from 2024 (in separate files that could be...more
White-collar and financial crimes have risen sharply, with the U.S. DOJ reporting a 300% increase in monetary recoveries in 2024. Successful investigations now require a proactive and adaptable approach to detect and prevent...more
Crypto Companies Announce Licenses, Acquisitions, New Products - According to recent reports, a major Chicago-based digital asset trading desk recently obtained a BitLicense from the New York Department of Financial...more
Former Comptroller of Ecuador Convicted in International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme - On April 24, a Miami jury convicted Carlos Ramon Polit Faggioni, the former Comptroller General of Ecuador, for his role in an...more
Today we are very pleased to welcome guest blogger Lili Infante, who is the CEO of CAT Labs – a tech company building digital asset recovery and quantum-resistant cryptography tools to fight crypto crime. Lili previously...more
Editor’s Note: PYA and Foley & Lardner hosted the 6th Annual “Let’s Talk Compliance” two-day Virtual Conference on January 18 and 19, 2024. Panelists included Foley & Lardner attorneys and PYA experts. The event was hosted by...more
1. This white paper sets out the findings of a three-month investigation conducted by Ankura, for U.S. Integrity, into match-fixing on the dark web via a selection of subscription-based and fee services related to betting...more
On April 5, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) in the U.S. Department of the Treasury named Genesis Market to OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals List (“SDN List”). Genesis Market is...more
On April 5, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13694, as amended by E.O. 13757, against one of the world’s largest darknet...more
On March 15, U.S. law enforcement, along with German criminal authorities, disabled a darknet cryptocurrency “mixing” service used to allegedly launder more than $3 billion in cryptocurrency underlying ransomware, darknet...more
Anatoly Legkodymov, Russian founder of Hong Kong-registered cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato Limited ("Bitzlato"), was arrested on January 17 based on an Amended Complaint filed by the Department of Justice ("DOJ") charging...more
Andy Sekela is the Private Sector Coordinator for the FBI Tampa Division, who may just be on a mission to have the world’s coolest resumé. In this episode, Andy joins the No Password Required team to talk about his diverse...more
A recent decision from the Third Circuit suggests that the leak of information onto the Dark Web provides standing to class action plaintiffs in data breach litigation. In Clemens v. ExecuPharm, Inc., 48 F.4th 146 (3d Cir....more
On November 7, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had seized more than $3.36 billion worth of bitcoin as part of a continuing investigation into a 10-year fraud involving the Silk Road dark web...more
DOJ Announces $3.3 Billion Cryptocurrency Seizure and Fraud Conviction - On Friday, November 4, James Zhong pled guilty to committing wire fraud in September 2012, when he allegedly executed a scheme to defraud “Silk...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently held that a plaintiff had standing to sue her former employer for a data breach that exposed her personal information to the “Dark Web” because she...more
Over the years, there have been very few class certification rulings in actions arising from data breach incidents. Of those that have been published, most have favored the defense....more
In a recent Private Industry Notification to the higher education sector, the FBI warned that U.S. college and university credentials are being advertised “for sale on online criminal marketplaces and publically [sic]...more