Cybersecurity Docket Announces ‘Incident Response 40’ for 2021

Cybersecurity Docket Announces ‘Incident Response 40’ for 2021

By on April 9, 2021, 6:21 pm

Announcing Cybersecurity Docket’s Incident Response 40 for 2021!

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March 25 Webcast: Navigating Federal Cybersecurity Issues in High Risk Times

March 25 Webcast: Navigating Federal Cybersecurity Issues in High Risk Times

By on March 10, 2021, 8:15 pm

Please join Luke Tenery, Scott Boylan and Evan Wolff of this free webcast.

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Seeking Nominations for Cybersecurity Docket’s ‘Incident Response 30' for 2021

Seeking Nominations for Cybersecurity Docket’s ‘Incident Response 30′ for 2021

By on February 16, 2021, 11:51 am

Cybersecurity Docket welcomes your nominations for our ‘IR 30’ for 2021 — the 30 best Incident Response legal and compliance professionals in the industry.

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Panelists Discuss Their “One Big Thing” for Incident Response Forum Ransomware 2021

Panelists Discuss Their “One Big Thing” for Incident Response Forum Ransomware 2021

By on January 11, 2021, 12:36 pm

Incident Response Forum Ransomware 2021 panelists offer their “One Big Thing” to take away from this year’s event.

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Panelists Discuss Their "One Big Thing" for Incident Response Forum Europe 2020

Panelists Discuss Their “One Big Thing” for Incident Response Forum Europe 2020

By on September 21, 2020, 10:34 am

Incident Response Forum Europe 2020 panelists offer their “One Big Thing” to take away from this year’s event.

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Cybersecurity Docket Announces 'Incident Response 30' for 2020

Cybersecurity Docket Announces ‘Incident Response 30’ for 2020

By on April 15, 2020, 7:37 am

Cybersecurity Docket announces its 2020 list of the 30 best data breach response lawyers.

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Cyber Breach Disclosures Still Take More Than a Month – CFO

By on April 9, 2021, 4:36 pm

After being discovered, cybersecurity breaches are not consistently disclosed promptly, found an Audit Analytics study of public companies released on Friday. On average, publicly held companies took 53 days to disclose a breach incident after discovering it. The 53-day average disclosure timeframe is less than the 10-year average of 67 days, but it is the third-highest […]

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BitPay Agrees to Pay $507,375 to Settle OFAC Sanctions Violations – Corruption, Crime & Compliance

By on March 24, 2021, 3:21 pm

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control continues to focus enforcement activities on digital currency companies.  This focus is likely to increase given recent comments by Janet Yellen, the head of the Treasury department, criticizing digital currencies and the utility of this rapidly growing new technology.  Last year, OFAC announced an enforcement action against […]

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Acer hacked by ransomware gang demanding $50m ransom | TechRadar

By on March 22, 2021, 12:23 pm

The notorious REvil ransomware gang has reportedly attacked Taiwanese PC vendor Acer, demanding a $50 million ransom of cryptocurrency Monero to decrypt its computers. Working with a malware intelligence analyst from Malwarebytes, cyber-intelligence news site The Record, was able to track down a portal operated by the REvil gang that clearly spells the ransom, which […]

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Virginia governor signs comprehensive data privacy law | TheHill

By on March 3, 2021, 1:58 pm

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) signed the Consumer Data Protection Act on Tuesday, making Virginia the second state in the U.S. to pass a comprehensive data privacy law. The bill will give consumers the right to opt out of having their personal data processed for targeted advertising and the right to confirm if their data […]

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Who Has Standing in a Data Breach Litigation? In The Third Circuit, Fear of Speculative Future Harm Still Doesn’t Cut It | Consumer Privacy World

By on March 1, 2021, 3:28 pm

As the number of data breaches continue to rise, so too will the number of lawsuits filed.  As CPW previously reported, the number of data breaches in 2020 was more than double that of 2019.  One can only wonder what 2021 will bring.  Yet with this increase in data breach litigation, a recent opinion within […]

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California DMV hit by data breach, exposing millions of drivers’ personal information to hackers

By on February 22, 2021, 4:57 pm

A billing contractor, the Seattle-based Automatic Funds Transfer Services, was hit by a ransomware attack in early February. The DMV has worked with the organization since mid-2019 “to correct and verify vehicle registration addresses,” according to the department. KFSN in Fresno reports that the affected data includes 20 months’ worth of California vehicle registration records […]

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Jones Day Hit by Data Breach as Vendor Accellion Hack Widens

By on February 21, 2021, 11:15 am

Law firm Jones Day says hackers got their hands on confidential client data and firm communications when an outside vendor’s file transfer system was breached. Jones Day is the second major law firm in two weeks to have private data exposed as a result of a breach at Accellion, which provides file transfer and other […]

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NYDFS Issues Best Practices for Cyber Insurance Risk Management | Alston & Bird – JDSupra

By on February 21, 2021, 9:45 am

Against the backdrop of the disruptions associated with the Covid-19 pandemic and SolarWinds cyber-espionage campaign, NYDFS has released guidance for insurers that underwrite cyber insurance policies and which contains a number of provisions expected to impact companies applying for or renewing cyber insurance coverage, not the least of which is a specific recommendation that insurers […]

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National grocer advises customers of data breach affecting pharmacy

By on February 21, 2021, 9:11 am

The Kroger Co. is advising customers of its pharmacy and Little Clinic of a data security breach in which patient names and personal information were accessed illegally, according to multiple media outlets. Source: National grocer advises customers of data breach affecting pharmacy

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Hacker Claims to Have Stolen Files Belonging to Prominent Law Firm Jones Day – WSJ

By on February 17, 2021, 8:54 am

“We have over 100 gigabytes of data,” the hacker wrote in response to an email from the Journal. The hacker, in the Journal’s correspondence, said it first reached out to Jones Day management on Feb. 3 and informed the firm that its network had been hacked and that data had been stolen. As of Tuesday, […]

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