Research: Privacy as Pretense: Empirically Mapping the Gap Between Legislative & Judicial Protections of Privacy

Abstract While many statutes recognize that violations of privacy cause harm—and some even provide for private rights of action to enforce privacy rights—scholars have speculated that the judicial doctrine of Article III standing could create a procedu… Continue reading Research: Privacy as Pretense: Empirically Mapping the Gap Between Legislative & Judicial Protections of Privacy

What it means — CitrixBleed ransomware group woes grow as over 60 credit unions, hospitals, financial services and more breached in US.

Kevin Beaumont writes: How CitrixBleed vulnerablity in Netscale has become the cybersecurity challenge of 2023. Credit union technology firm Trellance owns Ongoing Operations LLC, and provides a platform called Fedcomp — used by double digit number of … Continue reading What it means — CitrixBleed ransomware group woes grow as over 60 credit unions, hospitals, financial services and more breached in US.

Sellafield nuclear site hacked by groups linked to Russia and China

Anna Isaac and Alex Lawson report: The UK’s most hazardous nuclear site, Sellafield, has been hacked into by cyber groups closely linked to Russia and China, the Guardian can reveal. The astonishing disclosure and its potential effects have been consis… Continue reading Sellafield nuclear site hacked by groups linked to Russia and China

The EU’s Cyber Resilience Act Has Now Been Agreed

Mark Young and Aleksander Aleksiev of Covington and Burling write: Yesterday, the European Commission, Council and Parliament announced that they had reached an agreement on the text of the Cyber Resilience Act (“CRA”). As a result, the CRA now looks s… Continue reading The EU’s Cyber Resilience Act Has Now Been Agreed

60 credit unions facing outages due to ransomware attack on popular tech provider

Jonathan Greig reports: About 60 credit unions are dealing with outages due to a ransomware attack on a widely-used technology provider. National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) spokesperson Joseph Adamoli said the ransomware attack targeted the clo… Continue reading 60 credit unions facing outages due to ransomware attack on popular tech provider

Proliance Surgeons notifying 437,392 patients after ransomware attack earlier this year

On November 17, Proliance Surgeons notified HHS that 437,392 patients were affected by a breach. An undated notice on their website explains that it was a ransomware attack in which files and systems were encrypted and some data was exfiltrated. &#8220… Continue reading Proliance Surgeons notifying 437,392 patients after ransomware attack earlier this year

DFS Announces $1 Million Cybersecurity Settlement With First American Title Insurance Company

Press Release of November 28: The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) today announced that First American Title Insurance Company (First American) will pay a $1 million penalty to New York State for violations of DFS’s Cybersecurity R… Continue reading DFS Announces $1 Million Cybersecurity Settlement With First American Title Insurance Company

Hacker breaks silence following a decade behind bars in Cybernews documentary

DataBreaches first reported on Jesse William McGraw of Arlington, Texas, a/k/a “GhostExodus,”  was when he was arrested by the FBI in June 2009 and then indicted in July 2009 on federal felony charges related to hacking into Carrell Clinic in Dallas, T… Continue reading Hacker breaks silence following a decade behind bars in Cybernews documentary

International collaboration leads to dismantlement of ransomware group in Ukraine amidst ongoing war

Europol issued a press release today that begins: In an unprecedented effort, law enforcement and judicial authorities from seven countries have joined forces with Europol and Eurojust to dismantle and apprehend in Ukraine key figures behind significan… Continue reading International collaboration leads to dismantlement of ransomware group in Ukraine amidst ongoing war