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Privacy Tip #435 – Threat Actors Go Retro: Using Snail Mail for Scams

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/14/2025

We have educated our readers about phishing, smishing, QRishing, and vishing scams, and now we’re warning you about what we have dubbed “snailing.” Yes, believe it or not, threat actors have gone retro and are using snail...more

AI versus MFA

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/9/2025

Ask any chief information security officer (CISO), cyber underwriter or risk manager, or cybersecurity attorney about what controls are critical for protecting an organization’s information systems, you’ll likely find...more

Investigations Newsletter: Co-Founder of Fraudulent Cryptocurrency Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

ArentFox Schiff on 9/18/2023

Co-Founder of Fraudulent Cryptocurrency Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison - Karl Sebastian Greenwood, a citizen of Sweden and the United Kingdom and co-founder of the cryptocurrency OneCoin, was sentenced to 20 years in...more

DOJ Relies on Traditional Statutes To Charge Defendants in Cryptoasset Fraud Cases

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/1/2023

Two recent indictments highlight the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) continuing use of the traditional wire fraud, money laundering and identity theft statutes to pursue fraud involving digital assets, indicating that law...more

Metaverse Primer

Shipkevich PLLC on 1/5/2023

The term “metaverse” first appeared in 1992 as an abstract concept in Neal Stephenson’s dystopian novel Snow Crash. Two decades later, the Metaverse has since evolved from a mere idea to a figment of everyday reality, as it...more

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