Financial Institutions, Ransomware, Data Privacy

Right To Know - June 2025, Vol. 30

Clark Hill PLC on 6/19/2025

Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed. State Action: North Dakota Passes Law...more

Cybersecurity Risks for Financial Services Firms: Proactive Strategies to Stay Ahead

BCLP on 1/31/2025

The 2024 CrowdStrike outage and the ransomware attack on NHS partner Synnovis hit mainstream news and highlighted the fragility of ICT supply chains and the risks posed by cyber incidents....more

Defending Against Ransomware: OSFI Updated Advisory on Cyber Incident Reporting

Bennett Jones LLP on 3/15/2022

Ransomware continues to present an increasing risk to all organizations. Ransomware attacks can involve the installation of malicious software designed to block access to computer systems and/or steal data, and a...more

The Year Ahead: Privacy and Cybersecurity Issues Facing Financial Institutions in 2021

Baker Donelson on 1/12/2021

The financial services industry faced unprecedented cybersecurity and privacy challenges in 2020. From learning how to operate with a remote workforce, dealing with a complex and evolving regulatory environment, facing an...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2020

Robinson & Cole LLP on 10/5/2020

CYBERSECURITY - OFAC Issues Advisory on Sanctions for Facilitating Ransomware Payments - On October 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an advisory “to...more

OFAC Adds Iranian Bitcoin Exchangers’ Names and Wallet Addresses to SDN List, Ushers in “New Approach” to Sanctions Enforcement

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/11/2019

• On November 28, 2018, OFAC designated two Iran-based individuals who helped exchange cryptocurrency (bitcoin) into fiat currency on behalf of alleged ransomware perpetrators who targeted U.S. businesses and municipal...more