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Cyber Attacks
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Privacy and Cybersecurity
FCA statement on recent national cyber attack
By Simon Lovegrove (UK), Albert Weatherill (UK)
The FCA has published a statement on the recent national cyber-attack advising firms to review the guidance produced by the National Cyber Security Centre. View Advice on recent national cyber-attack,…
Privacy and Cybersecurity Perspectives
Five Things You Can Do to Protect Your Business From a Cyber Attack
By Dena M. Castricone, Daniel J. Kagan
On Friday, May 12, 2017, a damaging ransomware attack swept across more than one hundred countries and infected tens of thousands of computers. As is becoming all too common, the…
Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog
If You Don’t “WannaCry” After A Cyber Attack, Review Your Cyber Insurance Coverage
Beginning last Friday, and still occurring today, one of the worst and most widespread malware attacks has impacted more than 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries, including Britain's National…
Health Law Rx
Global Ransomware Attack Makes Healthcare Organizations Wanna Cry
As has been widely reported, on May 12, 2017, organizations around the world, including Britain's National Health Service, found their data held hostage by actors using a new variant of…
Data Protection Report
Large Ransomware Attack Affects Companies in Over 70 Countries
A large-scale ransomware attack began impacting companies and hospitals across the United States, Europe, and Asia early Friday morning. According to reports, companies in more than 70 countries have reported…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
FTC Launches Website to Help Small Businesses with Cyber-Attacks
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on May 9, 2017, that it has launched a new website that “helps small businesses avoid scams and cyber-attacks.” The website, www.ftc.gov/SmallBusiness.com, is filled…
Data Counsel
Deeper Dive: Frequency and Severity
By Erich Falke
All industries are affected by cyberattacks, but how often and to what extent they occur vary greatly by industry type. Industry Type As for frequency, the healthcare industry in 2016,…
The Right Coast
North Korea’s unsuccessful missile launch ‘may have been thwarted by US cyber attack’
A North Korean missile launch that failed shortly after it was fired may have been thwarted by cyber attacks from the US. The medium-range missile exploded seconds after it was launched…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Spearphising by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) was part of Yahoo cyber attack!
By Peter Vogel
Huge headlines about the Yahoo cyber indictment by the FSB should be a wake call to all businesses, however what has not been promoted by the media was the use…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Sony Cyber-Attackers Lurking at Financial Supervisor “Watering Hole” Target Banks and Others
Cybersecurity specialists at BAE Systems and Symantec announced last week new evidence suggesting that the criminals behind the notorious 2014 attack on Sony Corp. are also responsible for recent cyber-attacks…