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Join the Cybersecurity and Incident Response Group on LinkedInRansomware Bites Dental Data Backup Firm — Krebs on Security
PerCSoft, a Wisconsin-based company that manages a remote data backup service relied upon by hundreds of dental offices across the country, is struggling to restore access to client systems after falling victim to a ransomware attack. via Ransomware Bites Dental Data Backup Firm — Krebs on Security.
Accused Capital One hacker indicted on wire, computer fraud charges | Q13 FOX News
Paige Thompson, 33, of Seattle, was arrested in July after allegedly obtaining information from more than 100 million Capital One credit applications. The Justice Department said Wednesday that she was indicted on charges of wire fraud and computer fraud in connection with the breach, which included over 30 other companies and organizations. According to court […]
How to Haggle With Your Hacker – WSJ
As ransomware cripples corporate and government computer systems around the country, victims and cybersecurity experts are finding that hackers are often willing to negotiate. via How to Haggle With Your Hacker – WSJ.
The Department of Homeland Security’s Newest Agency Outlines its Future | SIGNAL Magazine
The Department of Homeland Security’s new Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, known as CISA, is charged with coordinating the protection of America’s critical infrastructure from cyber as well as physical attacks. Director Christopher Krebs recently released the agency’s top operational priorities. CISA, which was created in November 2018, will initially tackle supply chain risks, election […]
Capital One data breach suspect seeks release from jail – National | Globalnews.ca
Lawyers for a transgender woman charged in a massive data breach at Capital One asked a judge Tuesday to release her from federal custody, saying that for her to remain jailed with men is a serious threat to her mental health. Paige Thompson, a talented computer programmer from Seattle who goes by the online handle […]
Capital One Turns to Equifax Counsel in Data Breach Lawsuits | Law.com
Balser stepped into the Capital One case on the heels of the Equifax litigation. To represent Equifax, Balser teamed with Phyllis Sumner, King & Spalding’s chief privacy officer, who leads the firm’s data, privacy and security practice. Equifax, a credit-reporting agency, suffered a breach that compromised the personal information of 147 million of its customers. Balser negotiated […]
Prepare Now for New Wave of False Claims Act Litigation Around Cybersecurity | Corporate Counsel
With a tsunami of False Claims Act whistleblower cases looming on the horizon, companies that contract with the federal government should assess their cybersecurity measures if they want to avoid being swept up in the litigation. What’s pushing the wave? Over the past several years, the government has begun to hold contractors and their subcontractors […]
Davis Polk Welcomes SEC Enforcement Partner Robert Cohen in Washington | News | Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Davis Polk today announced that Robert Cohen will join the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department in Washington DC. Mr. Cohen will be a member of the firm’s White Collar Criminal Defense and Government Investigations Group, where he will focus on representing companies and boards in regulatory matters and internal investigations. He joins […]
Ransomware Attack Hits 23 Texas Towns, Authorities Say – The New York Times
Computer systems in 23 small Texas towns have been hacked, seized and held for ransom in a widespread, coordinated cyberattack, the authorities said this week. The Texas Department of Information Resources said Monday that it was racing to bring systems back online after the “ransomware attack,” in which hackers remotely block access to important data […]
European Central Bank Breach: ECB Confirms Hack And Shuts Down Website
The European Central Bank (ECB) has confirmed that it has suffered a breach that involved attackers injecting malware and led to a potential loss of data. In a statement published August 15, the ECB confirmed that “unauthorized parties” had succeeded in breaching the security of its Banks’ Integrated Reporting Dictionary (BIRD) website. The site, hosted […]
July 2019 Privacy and Cybersecurity Enforcement: Lessons for Management and Directors | Cleary Cybersecurity and Privacy Watch
In late July 2019, U.S. federal and state regulators announced three headline-grabbing data privacy and cybersecurity enforcement actions against Equifax and Facebook. Although coverage of these cases has focused largely on their striking financial penalties, as important are the terms the settlements imposed on the companies’ operations as well as their officers, directors, and compliance […]
SEC Investigating Data Leak at First American Financial Corp. — Krebs on Security
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating a security failure on the Web site of real estate title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. that exposed more than 885 million personal and financial records tied to mortgage deals going back to 2003, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. via SEC Investigating Data Leak at First American […]
Ransomware Attacks Shift Tactics – Security Boulevard
I’ve seen a number of reports over the past few months saying that ransomware attacks are on the decline. The IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, for example, saw a significant drop in ransomware, as cybercriminals aren’t using this type of attack as the primary vector for financial gain. On the surface, this appears to be […]
Data Breaches Show it’s Time to Rethink Social Security Numbers | Time
But we shouldn’t be using an unchangeable nine-digit code for verification, Stickley says. It’s a little like having a Facebook password that we can’t change even if we know somebody else has it. “It is absurd,” he says. “Your Social Security [number] is not supposed to be your ID.” via Data Breaches Show it’s Time […]
Data Breach Alert: FDNY Exposes Personal Information Of 10,000 Patients Due To Lost Hard Drive – CBS New York
More than 10,000 people who had been helped by the FDNY EMS are now victims of a data breach due to an employee copying personal information onto a hard drive – and then losing it. The FDNY made the announcement Friday, saying an agency employee who had authorized to access the records copied the data […]