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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

AT&T Consent Decree Underscores Telecommunications Carriers’, Vendors’ Obligations to Protect Customer Data

On Sept. 17, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it has reached a Consent Decree with AT&T Services Inc. to resolve an investigation into a data breach that occurred in January 2023. AT&T's vendor...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

SEC Continues its Cybersecurity Focus, Settles with Company over Lax Security Measures

The SEC recently issued an order and settlement against a company from a pair of cyberattacks in which millions of dollars of client funds were stolen. While the company was able to recover a portion of the funds and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

SEC Expands Scope of Internal Accounting Controls in Cybersecurity Breach Settlement

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The SEC continues to expand its cybersecurity enforcement authority to include allegations that a company's failure to monitor its managed security service providers (MSSP) amounts to violations of federal securities laws....more

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ANPD Applies First Sanctions of 2024

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The Brazilian Data Protection Authority (Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, “ANPD”), applied its first two sanctions of 2024 against two Brazilian governmental institutions. It is worth noting that, as both are public...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Multistate Coalition of State Attorneys General Secures $49.5 Million from Cloud Company Blackbaud for 2020 Data Breach

State regulators across the country continue to increase their focus on cyber security and data privacy compliance and enforcement. For years, cloud company Blackbaud, a service provider to thousands of nonprofit enterprises,...more

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Federal Court Grants the SEC Limited Access to the Identities of Law Firm Clients Impacted by a Cyberattack

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In Short - The Situation: Following a cyberattack on a law firm's systems, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") subpoenaed the firm for information, including the identity of clients whose information may have...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FTC Looks to Update Health Breach Notification Rule, Targeting Digital Health Industry

The FTC recently proposed amendments to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR). This is on trend with its aggressive interest over the last couple of years in health data not covered by HIPAA....more

Burr & Forman

Hacking the Hive: How It Can Help Businesses

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Businesses can breathe a little easier now that one of the world’s top five ransomware networks, the Hive, has been infiltrated and disbanded by the FBI....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FTC finalizes data-security order with ed tech provider

On January 27, the FTC finalized an order with an education technology (ed tech) provider which claimed that the provider’s lax data security practices led to the exposure of millions of users and employees’ sensitive...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District Court preliminarily approves data breach suit

On January 9, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico granted preliminary approval of a class action settlement in a data breach suit that allegedly compromised approximately 191,000 individuals’ personally...more

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

FTC Actions Hold Data Privacy Lessons For 2023

The Federal Trade Commission will have its eye on privacy and data security enforcement in 2023. In August, the agency announced that it is exploring ways to crack down on lax data security practices. In the announcement,...more

Alston & Bird

FTC Takes Action Against Ed Tech Provider for Failure to Secure Student’s Personal Information

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On October 31, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it has taken action against education technology provider Chegg Inc. (“Chegg”) for its “careless” cybersecurity practices that exposed sensitive personal...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

State and Federal Crackdown on Data Breach: EyeMed, Carnival Cruise & CafePress Settlements

This year has seen some substantial new data breach settlements including a $500,000 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fine against CafePress, a $1.25 million multi-state class action settlement and $5 million New York...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - June 2022

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CYBERSECURITY - Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report: A Must Read - I love Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). I have pored over its content every year since its inception in 2008. (Just...more

Holland & Knight LLP

2021: Year In Review - SEC Signals More Aggressive Posture in Cybersecurity Space

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We continue our year-end review of SEC enforcement activity and turn our attention to a topic grabbing seemingly daily headlines across multiple industries: cybersecurity. As the risks – and realities – of cyberattacks...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ Battles Ransomware Attacks

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The Justice Department continues to attack and dismantle global ransomware extortion organizations.  Business surveys often confirm that executives are hyper-focused on the risk of ransomware attacks against businesses....more

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SEC Makes Cybersecurity Top Priority; Sanctions Firms for Cybersecurity Failures

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There is little doubt that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is making cybersecurity a top priority. SEC Chair Gary Gensler told a Senate committee on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 that the agency is developing a...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Another Win for Justice Department: Slilpp Marketplace Takedown

People always ask me if law enforcement is having any luck in combatting cyber criminals. Let me be clear: it is a very tough job to take down cyber criminals located in other countries or sponsored by foreign nations. Our...more

The Volkov Law Group

First American Financial Corporation Settles SEC Case for $487,616 for Cybersecurity Data Breach and Disclosure Failures

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is gaining traction in the enforcement of cybersecurity and disclosure requirements.  The SEC has a lot on its plate these days – ESG, cybersecurity, and the traditional mix of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Big Win for Law Enforcement: Emotet Infrastructure Taken Down

Yesterday (January 27, 2021) was a BIG win for law enforcement in their efforts to combat cyber crime. U.S. and European law enforcement agencies announced yesterday that through join efforts and cooperation on “Operation...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Excellus Health Plan Pays $5.1M to OCR in Settlement Following Data Breach

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced that it had entered into a Resolution Agreement, Corrective Action Plan, and settlement with Lifetime Healthcare, Inc., the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 21, Number 1. Privacy Briefs: January 2021

Report on Patient Privacy 18, no. 1 (January 2021) - The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settled its 13th enforcement action in its Right of Access Initiative, first announced in 2019 to support individuals’ rights to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Home Depot Settles Data Breach Multi-state Enforcement Action for $17.5 Million

Home Depot has agreed to settle a multi-state enforcement action by 46 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. arising from the data breach that occurred in 2014. Home Depot has agreed to pay $17.5 million to put the enforcement...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

ShopRite Settles with NJ AG for Data Breach

New Jersey Attorney General (AG) Gurbir S. Grewal announced on November 2, 2020, that his office has settled with ShopRite’s parent company, Wakefern Food Corp. (Wakefern) and two of its supermarket entities for $235,000 for...more

White & Case LLP

UK ICO fines BA £20m for data breach

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In a remarkable decision, the UK ICO has issued British Airways ("BA") with a £20m fine, in connection with a data breach affecting more than 400,000 customers. This is a significant reduction from the £183m the ICO had...more

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