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Declassified Intelligence Community Letters Highlight Importance of Monitoring Outbound Data Flows

February 16, 2024 By Santi Villar and David Keating

On January 25, 2024, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) released documents that confirm U.S. intelligence agencies are purchasing location and other sensitive personal information from data brokers without the consent of the data subjects. The FTC has recently gone after data brokers who collect and sell the sensitive location data of consumers without their express consent, […]

Filed Under: Government Access to Data, National Security, Privacy Tagged With: Government Access to Data, Location Data, Sensitive Data

CISA Releases Advisory Concerning Chinese-Backed Threat Actor

October 9, 2023 By Kim Peretti

On September 27, 2023, The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Japanese National Police Agency (NPA), and the Japanese National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC) released a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA) concerning the recent activity of […]

Filed Under: Advisories, China, Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Data Security, Insurance Data Security, National Security, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cybersecurity, Data Protection

Penn State University Hit With False Claims Act Suit for Alleged Cyber Security Deficiencies

September 25, 2023 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On September 1, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania unsealed a qui tam False Claims Act (“FCA”) lawsuit (originally filed on October 5, 2022) alleging Penn State University failed to provide “adequate security” for Covered Defense Information, as contractually required by Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) 252.204-7012. DFARS requires […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Security, FCA, National Security, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cybersecurity, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), False Claims Act, Litigation

Chinese Hackers Exploit Gap in Cloud Environment Used by U.S. Government

July 20, 2023 By Kristen Bartolotta and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

According to recent reports issued by Microsoft and U.S. government agencies, hackers recently exploited a gap in Microsoft’s cloud environment, enabling the malicious actors to access the email accounts of employees at the United States Commerce and State Departments. Including the U.S. government, around 10 organizations were victimized in the U.S. and about 25 were […]

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

CISA Issues Request for Information Prior to Required CIRCIA Rulemaking

September 13, 2022 By Kim Peretti and Kristen Bartolotta

On September 12, 2022, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a request for information (RFI) seeking input from stakeholders on the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA). Signed by President Biden in March, CIRCIA requires CISA to develop and implement regulations requiring covered entities to report information about covered […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Legislation, National Security, Regulation, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cybersecurity, Data Breach Notification

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