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Cyber Attacks
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Byte Back
Cyber Coverage for Cyber Attacks – Are You Protected?
Over the past five to ten years, the advancement of technology has produced a flurry of corporate cyber-attacks. Data breaches make the news virtually every day. Too often, however, companies…
Banking, Finance and Securities
ECB publishes European framework for testing financial sector resilience to cyber attacks
On 2 May 2018, the European Central Bank (ECB) published the European Framework for Threat Intelligence-based Ethical Red Teaming (TIBER-EU), which is the first Europe-wide framework for controlled and bespoke…
The Nickel Report
Attacks Targeting Oil and Gas Sector Renew Questions About Cybersecurity
Recent press reports indicate that a cyber-attack disabled the third-party platform used by oil and gas pipeline company Energy Transfer Partners to exchange documents with other customers. Effects from the…
McNees Public Sector
Atlanta Cyberattack Shows Importance of Cybersecurity for Municipalities
On March 22, 2018, a cyberattack hit the City of Atlanta. A ransomware program infected the City’s computer systems. That malware encrypted the city’s files, and officials believe it may…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
U.S. Blames Russia for Cyber Attacks on Energy Infrastructure
On March 15, 2018, the Trump Administration took the unprecedented step of publicly blaming the Russian government for carrying out cyber attacks on American energy infrastructure.
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Cyberintrusions by Russia put US power infrastructure in jeopardy!
By Peter Vogel
The Washington Post reported that “Since at least March 2016… Russian hackers have ‘targeted U.S. government entities and multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, including the energy, nuclear, commercial facilities, water,…
Data Counsel
When Obscurity Is Not a Defense
Many organizations facing a data-security incident struggle to understand how or why their organization was targeted in an attack. Most simply believe they are too small or too obscure to…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
U.S. Estimates that Cyber Hacks Cost Up to $109 Billion in 2016
The Council for Economic Advisors (CEA) issued a report this month, entitled “The Cost of Malicious Cyber Activity to the U.S. Economy,” which concludes that “malicious cyber activity cost the…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
SEC Updates Guidance on Public Companies’ Disclosure of Cyber-Attacks
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) updated guidance to public companies this week on how and when they are to disclose cybersecurity risks and breaches. The SEC suggests that…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Cyber-attacks are the Third Greatest Global Risk in 2018
A new report issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF), called “Global Risks Report 2018,” lists the threat of cyber-warfare and cyber-attacks affecting the public as the world’s third greatest…