On January 5, 2024, the New York Attorney General’s Office (“NY AG”) announced a settlement with Refuah Health Center, Inc. (“Refuah”) based on the company’s alleged failures to appropriately safeguard its patients’ information, including failing to encrypt patient information or use multifactor authentication, which allegedly resulted in a May 2021 ransomware attack that impacted approximately […]
Data Security
NYDFS Releases Consent Order in First Enforcement Action Brought Under the Cybersecurity Regulations
After a three-year investigation/enforcement action by the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), NYDFS entered into a Consent Order with a large title insurer (the “Company”) for its violation of NYDFS’s Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 500) (the “Regulation”), specifically, its failure to protect non-public information (“NPI”). NYDFS originally brought the enforcement action in […]
CPPA Publishes Revised Cybersecurity Audit Regulations in Advance of Board Meeting
On December 8, 2023, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) will hold a board meeting seeking public comment on various privacy regulations. The meeting, which will take place on Zoom, will cover several topics listed in its published agenda. The New CPRA Rules Subcommittee will provide an update and present on the Draft Regulations on […]
Ransomware Group, in Midst of Extortion Attempt, Files Regulatory Notice with SEC
Just a month before the Security and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC’s”) Material Cybersecurity Incidents Rule is set to take effect, a ransomware group has apparently taken compliance with reporting requirements into its own hands. On November 15, 2023, the ransomware group known as BlackCat (also known as “AlphV”) posted a notice on its leak site alleging […]
FBI Cautions Organizations on Dual Ransomware Attacks
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a Private Industry Notification on September 27, 2023, highlighting two concerning ransomware trends and providing companies with guidance on mitigating potential threat actor activity. As of July 2023, the FBI observed multiple ransomware attacks where two attacks against the same victim involving different ransomware variants are deployed often […]