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Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Attack Against Salesloft Drift App Includes Google Workspace

An attack against Salesforce between August 8 and August 18 targeting data through its Salesloft Drift app “is more extensive than at first thought.” The attack targeted numerous Salesforce customers “systematically...more

Integreon

Greatness is a Team Sport: Why No Leader Wins Alone

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Hello again! Welcome back to Scaling Greatness, a newsletter from Integreon focusing on amplifying business excellence and innovation. We love the story of the visionary leader - the bold executive who sees around corners,...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

3 Takeaways From Recent Cyberattacks On Healthcare Cos.

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Significant data breaches have affected major players in the healthcare industry in the last year, with the methods of attack being as diverse as the affected entities themselves. Originally published in Law360 - June 4,...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

UPDATE: Organizations Using the Salesloft Drift AI Chat Agent Must Check It for Compromise

On August 28th, Mandiant issued an update to its previous Salesloft Drift advisory. Therein, Mandiant discussed that Salesloft issued a security notification on Aug. 26 regarding its Drift application. At that time, it...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Salesforce Users: Organizations Using the Salesloft Drift AI Chat Agent with Salesforce Must Check Their Presence for Compromise

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Salesloft issued a security notification on August 26 regarding its Drift application. It appears to be a broad opportunistic attack on Salesloft/Drift instances integrated with Salesforce tenants. Salesloft issued updates...more

Baker Donelson

Ten Key Insights from IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025

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IBM and the Ponemon Institute have released the 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report. The report, which has become an annual late-summer tradition, highlights the evolving risks and costs associated with data breaches. This...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Class Action Filings in New England Surge in 2025, Poised to Set New Record Highs

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A tidal wave of increased class action activity is breaking in New England courts. Through the first six months of 2025, total class action filings in First Circuit federal and state courts across New England have already...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Data breach litigation targets wine company: Lessons for alcohol industry players

On July 30, 2025, a wine producer was sued in connection with a cyberattack that allegedly compromised the data of at least 26,000 customers. Among other things, the complaint alleges that the company failed to implement...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Data Breach Preparedness: Protecting Your Organization Before, During and After a Cyber Incident

There’s an “old saying” when it comes to data breaches:  it’s not whether your organization will face a potential data breach, but when. So, given the inevitability of a data breach, it only makes sense to prepare. As a data...more

Ankura

The Silent Epidemic: Infostealers and the Evolution of Cybercrime in 2025

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"Infostealers" have transformed from niche threats into the backbone of modern cybercrime, fueling a $4.88 million average breach cost in 2024. In this article we synthesize the latest threat intelligence to expose critical...more

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The 'Butler Attack' — Delivering Prompt Data Breaches Direct From Your Mailbox

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Forget the “Barbarians at the gate,” we may have bigger issues to deal with from the “Butler’s serving us at our Banquets.” While Business Email Compromise (BEC) and/or ransomware attacks have been effective cyber-crimes to...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Herb Stapleton's FBI Experience Proves to be Asset to Dinsmore's Corporate Team

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With Herb Stapleton’s recent arrival to the Firm’s corporate team, Dinsmore adds a powerful asset to help clients stay ahead of cyber threats…or manage the fallout when the worst happens. As a former FBI agent and Special...more

Integreon

Best Practices for Cyber Incident Prevention for Law Firms

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In our global, digital-first economy, cyberattacks are no longer isolated incidents targeting large organizations. They are a very real threat to businesses of all types and sizes, and law firms are a common target of cyber...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

CISA + Partners Release Advisory on Scattered Spider

On July 29, 2025, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Australian Cyber Security...more

Mayer Brown

Reducing Legal Risks From Ransomware Attacks: Lessons from Scattered Spider

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Leading businesses continue to suffer cyber attacks at the hands of sophisticated ransomware groups. For example, the threat group “Scattered Spider” (also known as UNC3944, Octo Tempest, 0ktapus) is once again making...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Cybersecurity challenges in the health care industry: Legal, regulatory, and risk considerations

Health care remains one of the most targeted and vulnerable sectors when it comes to cyberattacks. In fact, a recent breach at a major health care analytics firm exposed the data of 5.4 million U.S. patients, making it one of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

SharePoint Server Vulnerabilities Exploited Despite Emergency Patch

Microsoft has confirmed that vulnerabilities in its on-premises SharePoint Server installations, a network spoofing vulnerability (CVE-202549706), and a remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-49704) are being actively...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

Illumination Zone: Episode 210 | Jeff Fleming of HaystackID sits down with Kaylee & Mary

In the thirty-first episode of EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID’s monthly podcast series, Jeff Fleming, Managing Director for our wonderful Trusted Partner, HaystackID sits down with Kaylee & Mary to talk about his journey...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Active and Critical Security Concern for SharePoint

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On July 20, 2025, Microsoft and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued urgent warnings about new, actively exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint Server. These vulnerabilities, known as...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

5 Challenges in Incident Management (and How to Stay Resilient)

A single outage can spiral into hours of downtime, frustrated customers, and significant revenue loss across your business....more

Holland & Knight LLP

Settlement Alert: The Dust Settles in SEC's Cybersecurity Lawsuit Against SolarWinds

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In a significant turn of events on July 2, 2025, the SEC, SolarWinds Corp. and its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Timothy Brown, announced through a joint letter to the U.S. District Court for the Southern...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Federal Judge in Change Class Actions Juggling 90 Cases, Found ‘Misconduct’ by UnitedHealth

In the 18 months since the Change Healthcare breach occurred, class action suits—filed by both patients and providers—continue to multiply, with no resolution yet in sight. In fact, in late June, the Minnesota judge presiding...more

Phelps Dunbar

How Can Companies Guard Against Rising Nation-State Cyber Threats?

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The messages from government agencies and cybersecurity leaders at the end of June were clear – nation-state-sponsored cybersecurity threats are on the rise. Pro-Iranian “hacktivists” are targeting U.S. infrastructure and...more

Alston & Bird

Inside the SK Telecom Data Breach: What Happened and What Companies Can Learn

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In April 2025, SK Telecom—South Korea’s largest mobile carrier—formally notified regulators of a significant data breach that compromised sensitive SIM card data belonging to nearly 27 million users. Following an...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

What to Know About SafePay Ransomware Group

The SafePay ransomware group has been active since fall 2024 and has increased its activity this spring and summer. According to NCC Group, SafePay hit the most victims of any threat actor in May 2025—it is linked to 248...more

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