Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Human Rights v. Security At Issue In WhatsApp NSO Lawsuit

November 19, 2019

Last month WhatsApp sued the Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group for installing surveillance malware on the phones of more than […]

More Spending, More Attacks

November 8, 2019

Annual spending on cyber breach management activities increased an average of $282,750 from 2018 to $1.4 million this year, according […]

Senate Bill Would Send Tech Execs To Prison For Data Misuse

November 6, 2019

In the wake of continuing privacy violations and what some perceived as tone-deaf Congressional testimony from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, […]

Hackers Plead Guilty in Case That Uber Covered up

November 1, 2019

Two computer hackers, Brandon Charles Glover and Vasile Mereacre, have pleaded guilty in an extortion scheme that resulted in a […]

Congress May Be Getting Serious About Content Regulation

October 29, 2019

Representatives of Google and Reddit appeared before a joint House committee, along with some industry experts, and were subjected to […]

Ransom Attack Hits A Case-Management Provider; Client Law Firms Feel The Pinch

October 29, 2019

One of the nation’s largest case-management firms has been targeted by a ransomware attack. Early in October, it alerted customers regarding what it first characterized as a security breach caused by a…..

ATM “Jackpot” Attacks Said To Be Worldwide

October 23, 2019

The number of incidents is down in Europe, where this type of attack seems to have originated, but is said […]

Resiliency Is Key Measure of Cybersecurity

October 22, 2019

Security technology is much better than it was even just a few years ago, writes Kiersten E. Todt, in Fifth […]

Netflix Sued By Mossack-Fonseca, The “Panama Papers” Firm

October 21, 2019

The name partners in the law firm that suffered the breach that released the Panama Papers are  suing Netflix for […]

Sleeper IL Law Could Cost Tech Giants $1 Billion-Plus

October 16, 2019

A state law passed back in the day when the privacy issue was just a gleam in the eye of […]

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