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Executive Order Restricts Foreign Access to U.S. Data, Citing National Security Risks

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On February 28, 2024, President Biden signed Executive Order (EO) 14117 titled “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern.” On March 5,...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Spy Games: How Insider/Outsider Threats Have Become the Newest Cybersecurity Legal Risk

Cybersecurity does not just pose technical challenges; companies must always keep their eye on the human component of cyber risk.  For example, even the most damaging and sophisticated hacks – such as the recent Twitter hacks...more

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New Cyber Threat Warnings And Guidance Issued For Health Care Entities Conducting COVID-19 Research

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On May 21, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI’s) Cyber Division released an FBI Flash warning recipients that nation-state cyber actors are targeting domestic universities, research institutes and private companies...more

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Coordinated Hackers Infiltrate 200 Targeted Employees’ LinkedIn Networks

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Cybersecurity researchers at the Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit (“Dell CTU”) uncovered a network of approximately 25 fake LinkedIn profiles that Dell CTU believes were used by an Iran-linked hacker group to establish at...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Data Security Compliance and APTs: New Insights from "Putter Panda"

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On Monday, the data security firm CrowdStrike released a new report pointing a digital finger at the Chinese Army for cyber espionage against western technology companies. It has long been known that some of the most serious...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

United States Charges China with Cyber-Espionage in Unprecedented Indictment

This morning, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a grand jury in the Western District of Pennsylvania has indicted five Chinese military officials on charges of computer hacking, economic espionage, and...more

Blank Rome LLP

United States v. China: The Battle over Cyber-Espionage Results in Criminal Charges

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For those of us who have been active in cybersecurity, it is a well known fact that the Chinese government, acting through its military, has been the most prolific global perpetrators of cyber-espionage. Over the past several...more

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U.S. Responding To Cyber-Espionage: White House Acknowledges Increasing Threat

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No longer cut from the cloth of 007’s expensive suits, fast cars or well-mixed drinks, present-day espionage is carried out, to a great extent, through computer screens, proxy servers and spoofed e-mail addresses. Dubbed...more

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Obama Administration Trade Secret Report Raises Important IP, Business, and Securities Issues

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The Obama Administration’s recent “Strategy on Mitigating the Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets” makes clear the importance for businesses to be aware of and understand the international threats to their intellectual property, the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

IP Alert: White House Launches Effort to Curb Trade Secret Misappropriation

On February 20, 2013, the White House issued a report outlining a new plan to combat trade secret theft from U.S. businesses. Faced with the escalating theft of U.S. trade secrets and noting “the crucial role of trade...more

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