Victims of a ransomware attack may now have alternatives to paying the ransom to a cyber-criminal as a result of the No More Ransom project. Recognizing the enormous amount of harm that ransomware creates for the enterprise, No More Ransom was started by Europol, the Dutch National Police ...
The average American consumer has become accustomed to, and even relies upon, receiving their tax refund during this time of the year. Unfortunately, so have hackers, who use tax refund season as an opportunity to obtain data and, of course, cash from unsuspecting victims.
Not surprisingly ...
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia was recently tasked with determining whether a shareholder derivative action against Home Depot, challenging the adequacy of the company’s cyber security strategy, should be dismissed. The action was filed on the ...
Recognizing that cybercriminals have sought to exploit technological vulnerabilities to gain access to sensitive electronic data, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) has proposed new rules regarding cybersecurity requirements for financial services ...
According to a statement this past Thursday, WikiLeaks published more than 200,000 internal Sony Pictures Entertainment documents and e-mails in connection with the data breach incident involving Sony Corp.’s Hollywood studio late last year. The release included 30,287 documents and ...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reached a $25 million settlement with AT&T for failing to protect the privacy, personal information and social security numbers of its customers. According to the FCC’s complaint, AT&T employees actively stole this information from an ...
On March 19, 2015, Target and the class of consumer plaintiffs which sued following the December 13, 2013 data breach filed a motion seeking approval of their settlement. Among other things, the settlement calls for Target to create a $10 million settlement fund from which class members who ...
In a recent decision from the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the Court found a that bank who made a voluntary reimbursement to its client for an unauthorized wire transfer, pursuant to state statute, should not have their policy disclaimed on this ...
HHS announced that the Hospice of North Idaho (HONI) agreed to pay $50,000 and enter into a CAP as part of a settlement involving a breach of unsecured ePHI. This was significant in that it was the first settlement by HHS involving a breach affecting less than 500 individuals.
HHS announced that ...
A University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (“UPMC”) employee filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against her employer and Ultimate Software Group, Inc. in the wake of a data breach that saw hackers use the personal information of UPMC employees ...