Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Kim Peretti, co-chair of the firm’s security-incident and management-response team and former senior litigator for the Justice Department’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal article, “U.S. Eyes Pushback On China .” U.S. officials view that strategy [indictment] as a way to establish a deterrent. China likely wouldn’t turn over […]

Kim Peretti, co-chair of the firm’s security-incident and management-response team and former senior litigator for the Justice Department’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal article, “U.S. Eyes Pushback On China .” U.S. officials view that strategy [indictment] as a way to establish a deterrent. China likely wouldn’t turn over […]

Today the House voted 288-127 to pass the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), H.R. 624. The bill passed by a wider margin than last Congress, with 92 Democrats voting in favor of H.R. 624. Several amendments regarding privacy concerns were adopted. House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) stated after the vote “CISPA recognizes that you can’t […]

Yesterday afternoon the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence marked up H.R. 624, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), which was introduced in February. The bill passed the Committee by a vote of 18-2 after the approval of six amendments. Ranking Member Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) praised the “collaborative effort” on improving privacy and civil liberties, while Chairman Mike […]

On April 11, Alston & Bird’s Kim Peretti was interviewed by Fox Business on the prosecution of cyber criminals. In the video interview entitled, “Cyber Conundrum: Prosecuting Hackers,” Peretti discusses: Prosecution roadblocks to bringing foreign and domestic hackers to justice. Primary categories of actors in the hacker world: hacktivists, state sponsored groups and global criminal hacking […]