Adding to the list of many other municipalities, the city of Pensacola, Florida, was hit with a cyber-attack last weekend that affected services to residents, including emergency telephone assistance. Although Pensacola is recovering, some services are still down, including online
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HHS Updates Guidance on Use of Tracking Technologies with Websites and Mobile Apps
On March 18, the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a Bulletin updating its guidance to HIPAA-covered entities and business associates on the use of tracking technology on websites and mobile apps.…
Convergent Outsourcing Settles Data Breach Class Action for $2.45 Million
Convergent Outsourcing Inc., a debt-collection agency, settled a data breach class action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington for $2.45 million. The class action suit against Convergent alleged that the business failed to protect the…
California Privacy Protection Agency’s Regulations on Automated Decision-Making Technology, Risk Assessments Delayed
The California Privacy Protection Agency’s (CPPA) highly anticipated regulations for automated decision-making technology and risk assessment requirements are likely far from final. The CPPA met at the beginning of the month but did not come to a consensus on what…
Privacy Tip #392 – Legitimate Platforms and AI Used to Bypass MFA
Darktrace researchers have outlined a particularly scary scenario of how threat actors are bypassing MFA and using artificial intelligence to launch sophisticated phishing attacks against users.
The case study “leveraged legitimate Dropbox infrastructure and successfully bypassed multifactor authentication (MFA) protocols…which…
OCR Updates Online Tracking Technologies HIPAA Guidance
On March 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) updated its guidance on the “Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates” (Guidance). OCR’s Guidance was…
DOJ Announces New Whistleblower Compensation Pilot Program, Ratcheting Up Pressure on Corporate Voluntary Self-Disclosures
Below is an excerpt of a Robinson+Cole legal update co-authored by Government Enforcement and White-Collar Defense Team co-chair Seth Orkand and member David Carney.
On March 7, 2024, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced the contours of a…
Patch, Patch, Patch: Updates for Fortinet, Microsoft, and Adobe Products
Patching vulnerabilities is a difficult task. Keeping up with and patching them without disrupting users’ experience is tricky. Nonetheless, it is a necessary evil and crucial to cybersecurity hygiene and incident prevention.
On March 12, 2024, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure…
U.S. House of Representatives Passes Bill to Ban TikTok Unless Divested from ByteDance
Yesterday, with broad bipartisan support, the U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly (352-65) to support the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, designed to begin the process of banning TikTok’s use in the United States. This is music…
Privacy Tip #391 – Potential Ban on TikTok in US Follows Ban in Other Countries
The bill that passed in the U.S. House of Representatives potentially banning TikTok’s use in the U.S. is not a novel idea. The federal government has already banned TikTok’s use for federal employees, some states have banned its use…