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  1. Real Lawyers Have Blogs

    Top 10 in Law Blogs: Ransomware, Trump & a Call for More Diversity on Boards

    By Audrea Fink

    Happy hump day! We're finally seeing the temperatures drop back down here in Seattle. Without further ado, here are your Top 10 for Wednesday: FBI Report: Ransomware and Phishing Scams…

  2. Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider

    FBI Report: Ransomware and Phishing Scams Increasing

    By Linn Foster Freedman

    We can’t go a week without commenting on how rampant ransomware is in the industry. The FBI recently released a report confirming how devastating ransomware has become for U.S. businesses.…

  3. Data Counsel

    Deeper Dive: State-Backed Attack Groups Target U.S. Businesses

    By Randal L. Gainer

    In 31 percent of the data security incidents that BakerHostetler’s Privacy and Data Protection Practice Team helped clients address in 2015, attackers used phishing, hacking and malware to access client…

  4. Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider

    Milwaukee Bucks become latest victim to W-2 phishing scheme

    By Linn Foster Freedman

    We have been repeatedly warning our clients and readers about the massive and successful W-2 phishing schemes where hackers impersonate the CEO or CFO and send emails to payroll and/or…

  5. Internet, IT & e-Discovery

    Employee Training about phishing is critical since only 3% of phishing targets alert management!

    By Peter Vogel

    Is there any doubt that training employees about phishing would help reduce the malware damage? Of course there’s also no surprise in a recent Verizon report which indicated that 89%…

  6. Employment Class and Collective Action Update

    Employers Beware of Phishing Scams

    By Nathan W. Austin

    On April 20, 2016, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court, Southern District of California against Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. The lawsuit was initiated by…

  7. California Workplace Law Blog

    Employers Beware of Phishing Scams

    By Nathan W. Austin, Dale R. Kuykendall

    On April 20, 2016, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court, Southern District of California against Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. The lawsuit was initiated by…

  8. Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report

    Employers Beware of Phishing Scams

    By Nathan W. Austin

    On April 20, 2016, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court, Southern District of California against Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. The lawsuit was initiated by…

  9. Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider

    Wyoming Medical Center victim of phishing scheme affecting 3,184 patients

    By Linn Foster Freedman

    Phishing incidents in February that may have compromised the data of 3,184 patients, including their names, dates of birth, medical record and account numbers, dates of service and medical information…

  10. Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider

    FBI issues another warning of a “dramatic increase” in phishing spoofs of CEOs

    By Linn Foster Freedman

    We have consistently reported about increased phishing attacks through emails that purport to come from high level executives, including CEOs. According to the FBI, the hackers use sophisticated social engineering…