Executive Summary Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) handed down its long-awaited judgment in the ‘Schrems 2.0’ case (Facebook Ireland and Schrems (Case C-311/18)), about the validity of two means of legitimizing transfers of personal data outside the EEA under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’)[1]. In somewhat of a […]
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DOJ Indicts Chinese Military Personnel for Involvement in 2017 Equifax Breach
On February 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice announced charges against four members of China’s People’s Liberation Army (“PLA”) for their alleged involvement in the 2017 Equifax hack that resulted in the theft of the personal information of 145 million Americans. In the nine-count indictment, the four individuals, Wu Zhiyong, Wang Qian, Xu Ke, […]
Federal Prosecutors Announce Indictment of Chinese Hackers Involved in 2015 Anthem Data Breach
On May 9, 2019, a federal grand jury unsealed an indictment of two members of a Chinese hacking group charged with a series of computer intrusions, including their involvement in the 2015 data breach at Anthem Inc., which affected the data of over 78 million people. In an announcement by the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, […]
DOJ Announces Indictment of Chinese Hackers
On December 20, 2018, the Department of Justice and the FBI announced the indictment of two Chinese hackers, Zhu Hua and Zhang Shilong, who have been charged in a years-long global hacking campaign that resulted in the theft of sensitive information from companies and government agencies around the world. The two hackers, members of the […]