Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

After Crippling Colonial Pipeline Cyber Attack, Industry Still Resists Incident Reporting Requirements

Following the recent Colonial Pipeline ransom attack, there is a push in Congress for new pipeline security legislation, but the […]

Employees Seeking Data Containing Their Personal Information

Data subject access requests (DSARs), the right for any consumer to request that companies tell them what data holding their […]

AG Report: Millions Of Fake Comments Tainted 2017 Net Neutrality Battle

A report from New York state’s Office of the Attorney General details massive fraud during the comment period preceding repeal […]

Task Force to Tackle Ransomware

Ransom demands are escalating, but a public-private partnership formed last December is trying to devise a coordinated response. Among the […]

Apple Breach Typifies “The Future Of Online Extortion”

After obtaining technical information about unreleased Apple products by breaching Apple supplier Quanta, Ransomware gang REvil wants $50 million from […]

Five Billion Personal Records Hacked In Q1 2021

Numbers based on Hackmageddon data, where the most significant cybersecurity breaches are recorded continuously, show more than 5 billion data […]

For GCs, A Troubling Ruling From Mass. Supreme Court

Following revelations that data-analytics firm Cambridge Analytica had obtained and utilized Facebook users’ data for political-advertising purposes, Facebook commissioned a […]

From Swiss Cyber-Sleuths, New Light On SolarWinds Hack

A report from a Swiss cybersecurity firm reveals new information about what may have been the most extensive hack to […]

AI Is Boosting Malware: Get Ready For “Deepfakes”

Breaches, phishing, ransomware and other cyber-attacks are becoming more sophisticated and harder to detect, as perpetrators adopt artificial intelligence tools. […]