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The Bybit Hack of 2025 — Potential Implications

Paul Hastings LLP on 3/14/2025

On February 21, 2025, Dubai-based Bybit, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, suffered a massive security breach, resulting in the loss of approximately $1.5 billion in Ethereum (ETH). The incident, which is...more

Top 5 SEC Developments (October 2023)

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 11/20/2023

Each month, we publish a roundup of the most important SEC enforcement developments for busy in-house lawyers and compliance professionals. This month we examine: • Fraud and internal control failure charges against...more

Top 5 SEC Developments for July 2023

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 8/15/2023

In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important SEC enforcement developments from the past month, with links to primary resources. This...more

[Event] 22nd Annual Canadian Forum on Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime - June 7th - 8th, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 5/22/2023

AML compliance for reporting entities has never been of greater critical importance than it is today. With the growing sophistication of criminals and the methods and technologies that they employed, combined with the...more

The Importance of Cybersecurity in the Online Sports Betting Industry

J.S. Held on 3/17/2023

Online sports betting has become a booming industry in recent years, with millions of people placing bets and wagers from their phones and computers. Ever since Murphy v. NCAA, the 2018 case in which the United States Supreme...more

Why are Company Ransomware Payments Dropping Dramatically?

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 2/2/2023

Companies are increasingly choosing not to pay ransom for ransomware and extortionware due to the growing associated risks. In fact, a recent report by crypto-crime analyst firm Chainalysis found that payments to threat...more

What to Expect from the New York Department of Financial Services in 2023

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 2/2/2023

In 2023, the NYDFS is poised to finalize several significant new regulations and will likely continue its aggressive cybersecurity, anti-money laundering (AML) and consumer protection enforcement. The New York Department of...more

In the Midst of Yet Another Hot Month for Crypto Prosecutions, DOJ Recruits Private Sector Companies and Foreign Governments to...

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 3/16/2022

Speaking at the Munich Cyber Security Conference on February 17, 2022, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) plans to prioritize “cyber disruption,” foster international...more

Global Markets May Face Risk of Virtual Currency Abuse as Russian Actors Seek to Circumvent Sanctions

K2 Integrity on 3/14/2022

The United States, the United Kingdom, and European Union have led a broad international coalition imposing a sweeping and unprecedented range of economic and financial sanctions against Russia and Belarus in response to...more

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Makes Ransomware a Priority

Troutman Pepper Locke on 2/15/2022

On January 13, Him Das, the acting head of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), highlighted ransomware as a chief national security risk. At the Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference, Das suggested that the...more

FinCEN Crypto & Ransomware Guidance: Will 2022 Bring More Changes?

Torres Trade Law, PLLC on 1/26/2022

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) has made clear that businesses engaging in certain activities involving virtual currencies are subject to registration,...more

White House Focused on Combating Ransomware

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/16/2021

Ransomware attacks are frequent and escalating as we speak. Double extortion scams are hitting companies at a dizzying pace, and catching companies, large and small, off-guard. U.S. President Joseph Biden warned Russian...more

A Practical Guide to the Role of Directors in Fighting Ransomware

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/17/2021

Takeaways - Boards need to take an active role overseeing cybersecurity measures. - Directors may be held personally responsible for lapses that result in attacks. - U.S. money laundering and sanctions rules may prohibit...more

FinCEN Issues Advisory on Cyber-Enabled Crime Fueled by COVID-19

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/31/2020

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) just issued yet another Advisory regarding fraud threats faced by financial institutions, as exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This Advisory pertains to “Cybercrime and...more

Cyber-Enabled Financial Crime and Money Laundering

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/29/2020

Today we are very pleased to welcome guest blogger Moyara Ruehsen, PhD, CAMS, CFCS, who is an Associate Professor and Director of the Financial Crime Management Program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in...more

Guilt by Association: Bitcoin and the WannaCry Ransomware Attack

Perkins Coie on 5/27/2017

The recent so-called “WannaCry” ransomware cyber-extortion attack has thrust bitcoin as a means of payment back into the debate surrounding illegal online activity. Much in the way that the internet, in its early days, was...more

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