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Department of Justice Intervenes in Cybersecurity Qui Tam Action Against Georgia Tech

August 30, 2024 By Kim Peretti, Andrew Liebler and Andrew Rice

On Thursday, August 22, 2024, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed a Complaint-In-Intervention in the case of United States of America ex rel. Christopher Craig and Kyle Koza, v. Georgia Tech Research Corp. and Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (d/b/a the Georgia Institute of Technology) (United States v. Georgia […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Data Security, Enforcement, FCA, National Security, NIST Tagged With: Cybersecurity, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), Department of Justice (DOJ), FCA, Litigation, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)

DOJ Continues to Investigate and Prosecute North Korean IT Worker Fraud Scheme

August 16, 2024 By Kim Peretti and Andrew Rice

On Thursday, August 8, 2024, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that it had charged a Nashville man for his alleged role in assisting the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (“DPRK” or “North Korea”) with a scheme designed to funnel money from legitimate U.S. based businesses through fraudulently hired remote IT workers.  The […]

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Digital Crimes, International, National Security

6th Circuit Upholds 20-year Sentence of Chinese Spy, Convicted of Espionage Crimes, Attempting to Steal Trade Secrets

August 12, 2024 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On August 7, 2024, the 6th Circuit upheld a Chinese spy’s twenty-year prison sentence for attempting to steal aviation trade secrets from General Electric (GE). Yanjun Xu, a deputy director in China’s Ministry of State Security, was responsible for trying to steal aviation-related proprietary information. He spent years inviting Western aviation experts to China, attempting […]

Filed Under: China, Cyber Espionage, Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Data Security, National Security Tagged With: Cybersecurity, Data Protection, National Security

Article: White Paper on Clarifying Definitions in the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024

June 12, 2024 By Daniel Felz and Santi Villar

Peter Swire, Senior Counsel at Alston & Bird, has published a white paper at the Cross-Border Data Forum (“CBDF”), analyzing the definitions in the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 (“PADFAA”), which was passed on April 24, 2024 and will take effect on June 23, 2024. The white paper discusses some ambiguities […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Legislation, National Security Tagged With: Cross-border, Data Protection, International Data Transfers

Article: Executive Order to Limit Sales of Americans’ Sensitive Data to Adversarial Foreign Governments

February 29, 2024 By Santi Villar and Daniel Felz

Peter Swire, Senior Counsel at Alston & Bird, has co-authored a detailed article in Lawfare, “Limiting Data Broker Sales in the Name of U.S. National Security: Questions on Substance and Messaging,” analyzing the Biden Administration’s new Executive Order issued yesterday. Swire’s article summarizes key aspects and impacts of the Executive Order, which is intended to […]

Filed Under: International, National Security, Transfers Tagged With: Executive Order, International Data Transfers, National Security

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