Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

MBAs Hire Moving Company To Provide Cybersecurity

September 27, 2022

In 2015, some of the finest minds on Wall Street went to work on a knotty problem: How to dispose […]

Lloyd’s Bulletin Y5381 Has The Market In A Tizzy

September 16, 2022

Issued on August 16, with the title “State backed cyber-attack exclusions,” Lloyd’s Market Bulletin Ref: Y5381 says in part that […]

Dangerous Hybrid: “Psychological” Cyber Crime

September 13, 2022

Sophisticated cyber-engineering skills are not required. At work here is a new iteration of an old archetype, the con artist […]

Big Hotel Company Hacked

September 13, 2022

InterContinental Hotels’ (IHG) online booking systems and other services were interrupted by a cyberattack on Sept. 5. IHG operates 17 […]

Are Biometric Privacy Liability Risks Covered by Insurance?

September 6, 2022

When taking surveys, general counsel rank privacy liability at the top of their list of concerns, and rightly so. Privacy […]

$600K Phishing Attack Not Covered By Computer Fraud Policy

September 6, 2022

The operative term for what happened to a company called SJ Computers is a BEC  (“business email compromise”) attack, sometimes […]

Ransom Paid, Data Leaked Anyway

September 2, 2022

Stealing sensitive data is now routine for ransomware attackers, who threaten to release it if the ransom isn’t paid. Victims […]

Too Smart to be Fooled by a Phisher?

August 25, 2022

In August 2022, Twilio, Cloudflare and Cisco said phishers tricked their employees into revealing their credentials. Employees of all three […]

In High-Stakes Biometric Coverage Battle, Players Await A Key Decision

August 24, 2022

The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) has spawned numerous lawsuits since it went into effect in 2008, and some […]

Lawyers, Journalists Sue CIA & Pompeo, Claim Their Phones Were Stripped

August 20, 2022

The CIA and its former director Mike Pompeo are being sued by journalists and attorneys who claim data was exfiltrated […]

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