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Data Breach
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Ride the Lightning
Maze Hackers Publish Texas Law Firm’s Confidential Data
Law.com (sub.req.) reported on February 11th that the hacker group Maze has re-listed the Texas law firm Baker Wotring on its site under the heading "full dump" and has released…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
NSL Podcast Series: Part 2 on the U.S. “Patchwork Quilt of Regulation” and the Timeline of a Breach
In part two of our podcast by Never Stop Learning, Hunton partner Lisa Sotto and Eric Friedberg of Stroz Friedberg and Aon's Cyber Solutions Group discuss the fragmented nature of…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Over 30 Data Breach Incidents in Health Care Reported to HHS Thus Far in 2020, Affecting Over 1 Million Individuals
By Jean Tomasco
Health care organizations continue to be a popular target for hackers. According to information from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), more than 30 reports of data…
The Northwest Policyholder
Northwest Data Breach Laws Are Changing—Is Your Cyber Insurance Keeping Up?
Legal requirements for managing consumer data and handling data breaches are changing, so now is a good time to check your cyber insurance to make sure that it is keeping…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
Breach Notice Deadline Alert
If you are a covered entity who experienced a breach of unsecured protected health information affecting fewer than 500 individuals , you must notify the Office of Human Rights of…
The D&O Diary
Equifax Data Breach-Related Securities Suit Settled for $149 Million
Over the last several years, plaintiffs’ lawyers have filed a number of D&O lawsuits against companies that had been hit with a cybersecurity incident. These suits have largely been unsuccessful,…
Password Protected
Industry Insight: The CCPA’s Elusive “Reasonable Security” Safe Harbor
“[P]rivacy legislation should have some kind of safe harbor provision in it so that companies understand that if they take certain steps, what they are doing is consistent with the…
Ride the Lightning
U.S. Charge Four Members of the Chinese Military in Connection with the 2017 Equifax Breach
Not a title that is likely to surprise anyone. The Washington Post (sub.req) reported on February 11 that the Justice Department has charged four members of the Chinese military with…
Disputing
Federal Court Compels Data Breach Lawsuit Against Fortnite Developer to Arbitration
By Beth Graham
A North Carolina federal court has ordered a data breach lawsuit that was filed against Epic Games, the developer of the popular video game Fortnite, to individual arbitration. In Heidbreder…
Hunton Retail Law Resource
Maryland Court Finds Coverage For Lost Data And Slow Computers After Ransomware Attack
As reported in the Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog, a Maryland federal court awarded summary judgment to policyholder National Ink in National Ink and Stitch, LLC v. State Auto Property And Casualty Insurance…