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SolarWinds Hack: Unparalleled Supply Chain Attack Results in Potential Compromise of Private and Public Sector Organizations

December 17, 2020 By Emily Poole and Kimberly Peretti

On Sunday, December 13, 2020, SolarWinds announced that it had learned of a “highly sophisticated, manual supply chain attack” by a nation state affecting its Orion Platform, which is used by a wide variety of public and private sector organizations for IT infrastructure monitoring and management.  In this attack, adversaries were able to compromise the […]

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Digital Crimes, National Security, Security Breach Tagged With: CISA, Cozy Bear, Department of Commerce (DOC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), FireEye, Microsoft, ODNI, Russia, SolarWinds, supply chain attack, Treasury

Warning: Iranian Cyber Response Possible Against Private Industry

January 7, 2020 By James Harvey, Kimberly Peretti and Amy Mushahwar

After Friday’s announcement of the killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani, a leader of Iran’s Quds Force, several regulators have put industry on high alert of the increased potential for cyber-attack.  Iran has a known history of launching cyber-attacks against US industry, and regulators warn industry to prepare for a possible rise in cyber-attacks. The […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, International, National Security, Security Breach

New Hampshire Passes Insurance Data Security Law

August 23, 2019 By Dorian Simmons

New Hampshire recently passed its Insurance Data Security Law based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law.  The law will go into effect January 1, 2020.  New Hampshire is one of several states, including Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, and South Carolina, that has passed an insurance data […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Insurance Data Security, Legislation, Security Breach

The CCPA Could Reset Data Breach Litigation Risks

August 21, 2019 By Kaeley Brown

While much has been written about the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), the focus has primarily been on the new rights it affords California consumers to have access to and control use of their data and opt out of many transfers to third parties. While this is a sea change in data privacy legislation in […]

Filed Under: California, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Breach Litigation, Data Security, Legislation, Online Privacy, Privacy, Security Breach

Illinois and Texas Amend Data Breach Notification Laws

June 10, 2019 By Dorian Simmons

On May 27, Illinois and Texas voted to amend their respective data breach notification laws. Illinois amendment SB 1624 requires notice to the state’s Attorney General for data breaches involving a certain threshold of individuals. Texas amendment HB 4390 also requires notice to the state’s Attorney General for data breaches above a threshold, changes the […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Legislation, Security Breach

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