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To Tell The Cyber-Truth: DHS OIG Report Reveals Details On Government Contractor Suspension After Cyberattack And Data Breach

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In June 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) suspended a government contractor, Perceptics, LLC, after it suffered a highly publicized cyberattack that resulted in a breach of sensitive data collected from...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2020

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Two Las Vegas casinos’ networks were down over the past week, with posted signs saying “Cash Only” throughout the casinos after a suspected ransomware attack. Electronic slot machines were silent as the casinos reacted to the...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - June 2019

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Vicious malware continues to be deployed by China-based attackers. A new strain of malware, dubbed “HiddenWasp,” which has the ability to remotely infect computers, has been discovered by a security researcher at Intezar. The...more

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Federal Reserve Board’s OIG Issues Reports Highlighting The Importance of Cybersecurity

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In two reports issued on September 29, 2016, the Federal Reserve’s Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) discussed major management challenges facing the Federal Reserve Board (the “Board”) and the Consumer Financial Protection...more

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Data-Harvesting Zombie Hackers, Blood-Thirsty Auditors, and Other Reasons to be Scared on Halloween

This Halloween, the scariest monsters might not be in your closet or under your bed. They may be overseas, orchestrating intrusions into your electronic medical record. Or they may be lurking in your own workforce, carrying...more

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OIG report spurs OCR to announce phase 2 audits

On September 29, it was revealed that the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will commence Phase 2 of its HIPAA audit program in “early 2016.” OCR’s revelation regarding the Phase 2 audits, which had been the subject of...more

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