7/9/21
By: Ryan Mayo
Recent ransomware cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, including the devastating attack on Colonial Pipeline, have forced the federal government to immediately consider new regulations and legislation to protect American interests. As regulators and Congress move quickly, industries and …
Can an Ancient Tool From the Age of Sail Sink Cyber Criminals?
6/30/21
By: Barry Miller
As early as the 13th-century, governments licensed private sailors—“Privateers”— to seize vessels belonging to enemy nations, issuing letters of marque and reprisal to ship owners and captains.
Some American commentators have …
5/21/21
On the heels of the May 7th ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline—resulting in a temporary shutdown of its 5,5000 mile pipeline system carrying 45% of the East Coast’s fuel supply— President Biden issued an Executive Order…
4/30/21
By: Kirsten Patzer
In a 6-2 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States(the “Court”) reversed the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc., holding Google’s use of Oracle’s Java Application …
Client Update – MS Exchange Server Mass-Hack
4/28/21
By: John Ghose
In March 2021, government and private sector sources estimated that 30,000 U.S. organizations, and 100,000 organizations worldwide, were hacked by a Chinese state-sponsored group known as Hafnium. The mass-hack exploited previously unknown “zero-day” vulnerabilities of Microsoft Exchange …
Breaking – U.S. Supreme Court Narrowly Interprets TCPA Autodialer Definition
4/1/21
By: Matt Foree
As we have discussed previously HERE and HERE, the Supreme Court of the United States has been considering an important Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) case concerning the statutory definition of “automatic telephone dialing system” (“ATDS”) …
NYSDFS’s Cyber Insurance Risk Framework Responds to the “Urgent Challenge” of Managing Cyber Risk
3/16/21
By: Curt Graham
New York’s Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) recently issued its Cyber Insurance Risk Framework which details seven best practices for managing cyber insurance risk. The Framework can be found here. One of the primary drivers for …
3/10/21
By: John Ghose
State-sponsored hackers have accessed the Microsoft email environments of an estimated 30,000 U.S. organizations – including many small and medium-sized companies, universities, and government agencies. This hack is nearly twice the size of the recent SolarWinds hack, …
Massive Unemployment Fraud Brings Some Taxpayers Another Nasty Pandemic Surprise
3/9/21
By: Barry Miller
Last spring FMG reported that the pandemic was making accountants attractive targets for hackers. Extended tax deadlines and stimulus checks keyed to tax information created the incentive for fraud. This year, Krebs on Security warns that “…
Cyber Insurance and the COVID-19 Pandemic
3/5/21
By: Matthew Jones
In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, various professions have changed their policies on working remotely. When the initial lockdown and quarantine process began, some companies were forced to begin working remotely to stay afloat. And even now …
Eleventh Circuit Denies Article III Standing Based on Future Harm from Data Breach
2/26/21
By: Matt Foree
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently held that future harm from a data breach does not provide Article III standing to a plaintiff. By doing so, the Eleventh Circuit weighed in on the …
1/27/21
By: Justin Boron and Courtney Mazzio
The eye that retail businesses must thread to avoid data breach class actions just got a little narrower in Pennsylvania.
In a decision issued this month in In re Rutter’s Data Sec. Breach Litig.…