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Wire-Fraud, Data Breach, and Phishing: A Live Action Role Play for In House Counsel

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At the recent In-House Counsel Seminar, three Ward and Smith attorneys presented a realistic role play response to an incidence of wire fraud, addressing red flags associated with fraudulent communications, corporate incident...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Karakurt Extortion Group Auctions Data for Ransom

On June 2, 2022, CISA (the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency), the FBI, the Department of the Treasury and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a joint Cybersecurity Alert warning companies of the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FBI, CISA + NSA Issue Conti Ransomware Advisory

On September 22, 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) issued a cybersecurity advisory alerting companies to the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 21, Number 9. Privacy Briefs: September 2021

Report on Patient Privacy 21 no. 9 (September, 2021) - DuPage Medical Group in Chicago said that the personal information of more than 600,000 patients may have been compromised in a July cyberattack. The medical group,...more

Alston & Bird

The Digital Download – Alston & Bird’s Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Newsletter – May 2021

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Selected Developments in U.S. Law - NYDFS Issues Report on the SolarWinds Attack and Covered Entities’ Responses Following the SolarWinds cyber espionage attack and the resulting focus on supply chain risk, the New York...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 21, Number 4. Privacy Briefs: April 2021

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 4 (April 2021) - A Texas Medicaid subcontractor has been terminated after a data breach caused by a ransomware attack originating from Russia exposed the personal information of tens of...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Health Care Organizations Should Be on Guard Against Heightened Ransomware Threats

This week the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory warning of...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 2. Privacy Briefs: February 2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 2 (February 2020) - A ruling from Georgia’s highest state court could set a precedent that determines recourse for victims of cyberattacks. The Georgia Supreme Court ruled in late December...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FBI Warns of Retaliatory Cyber-Attack from Iran

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning of a heightened likelihood of Iranian cyber-attacks following the escalation of tension between the U.S. and Iran. This follows the warning last week by the Department of...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

A New Decade of HIPAA – What Can We Expect?

As the decade winds down, it’s hard to believe that the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules are almost twenty years old. It has been ten years since the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

281 criminal arrested for Spearphishing (think Business Email Compromise or BEC)!

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Darkreading.com reported that the 281 criminals “stole more than 250,000 identities and filed more than 10,000 fraudulent tax returns… attempting to generate more than $91 million in refunds.” The September 11, 2019 report...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - June 2019 #3

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The attackers behind the vicious ransomware known as GandCrab have made their money (loosely estimated at over $2 billion) and are retiring. Most of us work for a living and then retire, but these guys steal money to retire....more

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FBI Warns of Continuing Threat from “ATM Cashout” Scheme

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The FBI is warning banks to be on guard against possible attacks on ATMs. In an alert sent to banks on August 10th, the FBI warned banks that it had “obtained unspecified reporting indicating cyber criminals are planning...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Energy and Critical Infrastructure Industries Warned of Increased Attacks by FBI and DHS

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued a joint statement on October 20 warning of an increased danger of a malicious “multi-stage intrusion campaign” to critical infrastructure industries, including the energy...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

WannaCry Ransomware Alert

This is not a drill. Companies and law enforcement agencies around the world have been left scrambling after the world’s most prolific ransomware attack hit over 500,000 computers in 150 countries over a span of only 4...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

FBI Issues Ransomware Warning

Amid cyber-attacks that have spread around the globe affecting at least 150 countries, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a FLASH report warning of the effects of a ransomware known as “WannaCry.” The warning –...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

What Did They Say About Cybersecurity in 2016? 8 Proclamations from Regulators and the Courts

There is no such thing as compliance with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (FTC). In September, the FTC dispelled a commonly held misconception regarding the NIST Framework: It “is not, and isn’t intended to be, a standard or...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

A New Chapter in the Cybersecurity? Is there a Role for Active Deterrence?

In the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, after Butch and Sundance rob Union Pacific Railroad (“Union Pacific”) the first time, Union Pacific employs a stronger safe. After Butch and Sundance rob Union Pacific a...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Back to School – Avoiding Theft of Data and Money via the “Business Email Compromise” Scam

The FBI warned this summer that the “Business Email Compromise” (“BEC”) scam continues to grow, evolve, and target businesses of all sizes. As reported by the FBI in June, the scam had hit more than 22,000 victims for a...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FBI Report: Ransomware and Phishing Scams Increasing

We can’t go a week without commenting on how rampant ransomware is in the industry. The FBI recently released a report confirming how devastating ransomware has become for U.S. businesses....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

UVA notifies employees of illegal access to human resources information through phishing scheme

The University of Virginia (UVA) has notified approximately 1,400 of its employees that unauthorized individuals were able to access its HR system and the personal information of 1,400 employees of the Academic Division. The...more

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