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United States, International Coalition Issue Joint Warning of Increasing PRC Backed Threat Activity

September 10, 2025 By Kim Peretti, Lance Taubin and Andrew Rice

On August 27, 2025, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in coordination with the National Security Agency (NSA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the United States Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) issued a joint advisory (Advisory) highlighting increased cyber threat activity linked to People’s Republic of China (PRC) affiliated threat […]

Filed Under: Advisories, China, Cyber Espionage, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, National Security Tagged With: China, CISA, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Department of Defense, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), International

Inside the SK Telecom Data Breach: What Happened and What Companies Can Learn

July 15, 2025 By Hanna Hewitt and Kim Peretti

In April 2025, SK Telecom—South Korea’s largest mobile carrier—formally notified regulators of a significant data breach that compromised sensitive SIM card data belonging to nearly 27 million users. Following an investigation, the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) concluded in July 2025 that SK Telecom was negligent in […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Enforcement, South Korea Tagged With: Breach reporting, Cybersecurity, Enforcement, Enforcement Action, International, South Korea

DOJ Unseals Indictment of Evil Corp Member, While OFAC Announces New Evil Corp Sanctions

October 9, 2024 By Kim Peretti, Kelly Hagedorn and Andrew Rice

On October 1, 2024, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) unsealed an indictment against Aleksandr Viktorovich Ryzhenkov (Александр Викторович Рыженков), a member of the ransomware group Evil Corp.  The indictment charges Ryzhenkov with several violations of the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act, as well as conspiring to commit money laundering, arising from his use of a […]

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Digital Crimes, International, Ransomware, Russia Tagged With: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Digital Crimes, International, Ransomware, Russia

China’s First Comprehensive Personal Information Protection Law – Key Takeaways

October 5, 2021 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On August 20, 2021, China’s first comprehensive Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”) was passed into law. The Cybersecurity Law, the Data Security Law, and the PIPL of China are the three pillars of China’s data protection framework, which govern cybersecurity, data security, and personal information protection respectively. The Cybersecurity Law largely governs cybersecurity requirements for […]

Filed Under: China, Data Protection, International, Legislation, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: China, Data Transfers, International, International Data Transfers, PIPL

EU and Japan Publish a Joint Release on Their Mutual Adequacy Decisions

January 23, 2019 By Maki DePalo

On January 23, 2019, the Personal Information Protection Commission of Japan (the “PPC”) and the European Commission (the “Commission”) jointly announced the adoption of the decisions recognizing each other’s personal data protection systems as equivalent. The Commission launched the process leading to the adoption of the adequacy decision in September 2018 and successfully completed the […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, GDPR, International, Privacy Tagged With: Cross-border, Data Protection, EU Data Protection, GDPR, International, Japan, South Korea

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