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The D&O Diary
Guest Post: Think the SEC EDGAR Data Breach Involved Insider Trading? Think Again.
The SEC’s disclosure that its EDGAR system had been had hacked was big news last week, as was the accompanying disclosure that the information accessed may have been used for improper…
The D&O Diary
Guest Post: The Equifax and SEC Data Breaches: Takeaways, Reminders & Caveats
There has been a steady drumbeat of news about high profile data breaches in the past several days, including the news about the Equifax data breach and the disclosure of…
Broker- Dealer Law Corner
The Equifax Breach May Be A Problem For More Than Just Equifax
By Alan Wolper, UB Greensfelder
All of you who use Equifax to conduct a part of your CIP responsibilities, raise your hands. Ok, now, only to those of you whose hands are in the air: …
Securities Law Prof Blog
Reuters: U.S. SEC Chair Grilled by Senate Panel Over Cyber Breach, Equifax
Michelle Price and Pete Schroeder of Reuters have authored an article, U.S. SEC Chair Grilled by Senate Panel Over Cyber Breach, Equifax, reporting on Chair Clayton's testimony today before the Senate…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Data Breaches – What Should You Do?
Data breaches–where consumers’ personal financial or medical information are exposed–are becoming more and more common. For example, the recent Equifax breach, in which hackers were able to access people’s names,…
Password Protected
The Equifax Breach: How to Protect Your Company and Your Customers
By Andrew Konia
On September 7, Equifax, one of the three major credit reporting firms in the U.S., disclosed a data breach that potentially affects 143 million consumers. Equifax's disclosure indicated that the…
Privacy and Cybersecurity
Yawn – Another Company Failed to Patch. Wait! 144 Million Affected?
By Amy Carlson
Yawn – Another Company Failed to Patch. Wait! 144 Million Affected? A PR Disaster? Failure to promptly patch is an incredibly common cause of data breaches. Learn from Equifax’s situation…
The Right Coast
SEC Discloses Edgar Corporate Filing System Was Hacked in 2016 – WSJ
WASHINGTON The top U.S. markets regulator disclosed Wednesday that hackers penetrated its electronic system for storing public-company filings last year and may have traded on the information. via www.wsj.comFace palm.
TechLaw Crossroads
Equifax Breach: Bad Fact, Bad Law?
It’s been said that bad facts make bad law. If that’s true then those who defend class action data breach cases better buckle down for some stormy seas. The facts…
Information Bytes
Equifax breach – the good, the bad, and the ugly
By Peter Sloan
The aftermath of the Equifax breach continues. First, the Ugly: Music Major? Really? The hoi polloi apparently find it offensive that Equifax's Chief Security Officer, fired in the breach's wake, had…