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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

NYDFS Imposes $2M Penalty for Violations of its Cybersecurity Regulation

The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced on August 14, 2025, resolution of civil enforcement action requiring Healthplex, Inc., a licensed insurance agent and independent adjuster, to pay a $2...more

Paul Hastings LLP

You’ve Got Mail: NYDFS Enforcement Action Highlights Cybersecurity Risk of Over-Retention and Other Risks

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On Aug. 14, 2025, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued a Consent Decree announcing that Healthplex, Inc. (Healthplex) has agreed to pay a $2 million fine, as a result of an investigation into a 2021...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Key Takeaways from the CrowdStrike Global Threat Report 2025

Published in August 2025, the CrowdStrike Global Threat Report 2025 provides a detailed overview of the evolving cyber threat landscape, drawing on data from millions of endpoints and cloud workloads worldwide....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Litigation Preparedness Following a Data Breach: Three Tips to Consider During the Incident Response Period

Data breaches come in many different forms, sizes, and levels of complexity, but they tend to share certain key facts: A third-party bad actor—whether through a phishing attack, a ransomware attack, exploitation of a zero-day...more

Genova Burns LLC

DoorDash Hacker Incident Illustrates Third-Party Vendor Risks and Potential Vulnerabilities

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​​​​​​​Hackers have increasingly focused on third-party vendors as avenues to data held by associated businesses. On August 25, 2022, DoorDash announced that it had experienced a data breach which impacted the personal...more

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Potential Harm Enough For Class Action to Proceed in Data Breach Litigation

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The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has given new life to a putative class action suit led by a former employee of a company that suffered a ransomware attack, leading to her sensitive information being released onto the Dark...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Avoid Turning One Data Breach into Two

When can a data breach get worse? When the process of notifying victims creates a second breach. Take the example of a cancer treatment center that recently paid $425,000 to settle allegations that included a faulty...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Phishing at the California State Controller’s Office

The California State Controller’s Office (SCO) was recently a victim of phishing. According to its website, an employee of the SCO’s Unclaimed Property Division clicked on a link in an email, entered their user ID and...more

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[Virtual Event] 2021 Alaska Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - February 26th, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm AKST

Our Virtual Regional Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirements, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask questions from...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - January 2019

In this month's edition, we examine cybersecurity-related state Supreme Court rulings in Pennsylvania, Vermont and Illinois; the Department of Health and Human Services' cybersecurity guidelines for the health care industry;...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

N.C. Federal Court Allows Treble Damages Claim Based on Theft of Employee Personal Information

As the global focus on data protection increases, so expands the liability exposure for data holders following a breach. Employers collect significant amounts of sensitive personal information about their employees over the...more

Nossaman LLP

Two Court Rulings Show Coverage Difficulties for “Fake President” Fraud

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A few weeks back, the Insurance Recovery report posted a blog about the difficulty obtaining insurance coverage for “fake president” fraud, which is also known as business e-mail compromise, or social engineering fraud. Two...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Cybersecurity: Spear Phishing Covered Under Insurance Policy Where Code Manipulated

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Increasingly, insureds faced with cyber fraud losses are going to the courts to interpret their policies. In The Brick Warehouse LP v. Chubb Insurance Company of Canada, 2017 ABQB 413 [The Brick Warehouse], and in Taylor &...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Virginia Responds to W-2 Phishing Scams with First of Its Kind Notification Requirement

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As previously highlighted, in early February, the IRS issued a warning to all employers regarding the resurgence of a W-2 based cyber scam. Since the IRS warning, this type of scam has taken numerous victims. On February 15,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Does Your Insurance Cover Phishing Attacks and Business Email Compromise? The Uncertainty Continues…

The coverage landscape for “Business E-mail Compromise” (BEC) scams remains somewhat tenuous, as organizations and carriers continue to battle in court over the extent of coverage. Although recent positive,...more

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