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Cybersecurity in Video Games & Esports
2023 DSIR Deeper Dive: Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Are Trying to Assert a New Cause of Action Against Universities Based on an Old Law Regulating Videotape Service Providers
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No Password Required: Threat Intelligence Analyst at Recorded Future, the Ransomware Sommelier, and a Guy With a Mildly Exciting Expense Account
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Understanding the Additional Risks When Making a Ransomware Payment
2022 DSIR Deeper Dive: Ransomware
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
This past July, the City of Columbus, Ohio experienced a significant data breach. Hackers were able to breach Columbus’ network and gained access to private information of city employees and residents. Initially, the City...more
As we prepare to close the books on another eventful year in the cyber and privacy space, Wiley’s cyber insurance team is already making predictions for 2025. Q: So, let’s get right into it – based on your experience this...more
By now, companies across all industries have become familiar with the lifecycle and stages of a ransomware incident. Generally, once an attack is contained, remediation and rebuilding will follow. Shortly after, the crisis...more
Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) has agreed to settle a class action filed against it following a February 2023 ransomware attack that compromised personal information of patients, including medical and treatment...more
Frontier Communications (Frontier) faces three class action lawsuits in relation to a cyber data breach in which the criminal ransomware group, RansomHub, stole personally identifiable information (PII) of over 750,000...more
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
Ransomware attacks continue to challenge U.S. companies, with cybercriminals now routinely extorting companies for multimillion-dollar payouts. A company that experiences an attack will likely seek coverage under its cyber...more
A professional accounting firm in Illinois received an unwanted holiday “gift” in the form of a class action complaint stemming from its alleged failure to secure personally identifiable information (PII) and to timely notify...more
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
As more and more ransomware attacks affect companies large and small, such as the recent, well-known attacks on the Colonial Pipeline and the meat processing company JBS, industrious plaintiffs’ counsel will continue to...more
CYBERSECURITY - Tulsa, OK Refuses to Pay Ransom to Attackers - The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, announced on May 9, 2021, that it had been hit with a ransomware attack, but the Mayor is resolute in not paying the demanded...more
Canon U.S.A. Inc. (Canon) was hit with a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York this week for the ransomware attack that exposed current and former employees’ personal information...more
U.S. Judge Halts Trump's TikTok Ban, Hours Before It was Set to Start - "John Hall, an attorney for TikTok, said that the app, with some 100 million American users, is a 'modern day version of the town square' and shutting...more
Volvo’s owner, Li Shufu, is mulling over a move to combine the carmaker with his publicly traded Geely Automobile Holdings—a play that would take Volvo public and “unify the bulk of billionaire Li’s growing stable of...more
I was a speaker at a recent conference of municipalities in a state last week, and during my presentation, I mentioned the various cyber-attacks that have affected cities, towns and educational departments in the U.S....more
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. notified its electronic medical record customers last week that a ransomware attack was behind the disruption of service for medical providers. ...more
In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we discuss the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party's critique of the Privacy Shield and the Sixth Circuit's decision to consider the issue of computer fraud...more
US-CERT Warns of New Ransomware: Bad Rabbit - The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is warning companies in the U.S. about a new ransomware dubbed “Bad Rabbit.” US-CERT stated it has received multiple...more
Old-school retailer Lord & Taylor has reached a deal with WeWork to sell its landmark New York flagship store for $850 million. L&T will continue on with a greatly decreased department store footprint in the space, but the...more
McAfee Report Lists Health Care Sector as Most Targeted Industry for Cyber-Attacks - In its cybersecurity incident report outlining vulnerabilities for the second quarter of 2017, security firm McAfee lists the health care...more