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The Columbus City Hall Cyber Attack: Key Takeaways

This past July, the City of Columbus, Ohio experienced a significant data breach. Hackers were able to breach Columbus’ network and gained access to private information of city employees and residents. Initially, the City...more

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Cyber Risks and Insurance 2025 Forecast

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As we prepare to close the books on another eventful year in the cyber and privacy space, Wiley’s cyber insurance team is already making predictions for 2025. Q: So, let’s get right into it – based on your experience this...more

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Looking at Data Breach and Class Action Exposure Through a Single Lens

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There has been a spike in data breach class actions this year. According to a study by Law.com Radar, the monthly average of data breach class actions was 44.5 from January through August. This figure is more than double of...more

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IT Staffing Company Settles Data Breach Class Action

Artech Information Systems settled a data breach class action this week for an incident that occurred in January 2020. Artech will pay up to $10,000 to each individual affected by the breach, based on a tiered payment system....more

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If Your Disclosure of a Data Breach Was “Late,” You May Have to Litigate

A professional accounting firm in Illinois received an unwanted holiday “gift” in the form of a class action complaint stemming from its alleged failure to secure personally identifiable information (PII) and to timely notify...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2021 #3

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CYBERSECURITY - T-Mobile Clarifies Facts of Security Incident in Press Release - There has been a flurry of reporting in the past few days on the T-Mobile customer data compromise, with allegations that the compromise...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - May 2021 #4

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CYBERSECURITY - Tulsa, OK Refuses to Pay Ransom to Attackers - The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, announced on May 9, 2021, that it had been hit with a ransomware attack, but the Mayor is resolute in not paying the demanded...more

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Report on Patient Privacy Volume 21, Number 2. Privacy Briefs: February 2021

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 2 (February 2021) - The Florida Healthy Kids Corporation (FHKC), a Medicaid managed care plan, said one of its vendors, Jelly Bean Communications Design, experienced a security incident...more

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Canon Hit with Data Breach Class Action Suit by Former and Current Employees

Canon U.S.A. Inc. (Canon) was hit with a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York this week for the ransomware attack that exposed current and former employees’ personal information...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 7, September 2020

U.S. Judge Halts Trump's TikTok Ban, Hours Before It was Set to Start - "John Hall, an attorney for TikTok, said that the app, with some 100 million American users, is a 'modern day version of the town square' and shutting...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - January 2019 #5

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I was a speaker at a recent conference of municipalities in a state last week, and during my presentation, I mentioned the various cyber-attacks that have affected cities, towns and educational departments in the U.S....more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2018

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Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. notified its electronic medical record customers last week that a ransomware attack was behind the disruption of service for medical providers. ...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - November 2017

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US-CERT Warns of New Ransomware: Bad Rabbit - The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is warning companies in the U.S. about a new ransomware dubbed “Bad Rabbit.” US-CERT stated it has received multiple...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Old-school retailer Lord & Taylor has reached a deal with WeWork to sell its landmark New York flagship store for $850 million. L&T will continue on with a greatly decreased department store footprint in the space, but the...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2017

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McAfee Report Lists Health Care Sector as Most Targeted Industry for Cyber-Attacks - In its cybersecurity incident report outlining vulnerabilities for the second quarter of 2017, security firm McAfee lists the health care...more

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