SEC hits four companies with fines for misleading disclosures around SolarWinds hack

Unisys, Avaya, Check Point and Mimecast will pay fines to settle charges that they downplayed in SEC filings the extent of the compromise.

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Alabama man arrested for role in SEC Twitter account hijacking

Eric Council Jr. was charged with aggravated identity theft and access device fraud in connection with the January 2024 incident.

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Shareholder-tracking company Equiniti shells out $850K to SEC over breaches

According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company’s failures led to the loss of $6.6 million in client funds.

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Biden’s cybersecurity legacy: ‘a big shift’ to private sector responsibility

Over the course of his term, Joe Biden has presided over an ambitious agenda on regulation and more, to both praise and criticism.

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Judge dismisses much of SEC suit against SolarWinds over cybersecurity disclosures

The groundbreaking lawsuit’s claims about inadequate disclosures related to the historic Sunburst attack were thrown out Thursday.

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CDK hack shows SEC disclosure standards are unsettled

The early application of the regulatory agency’s new cybersecurity reporting rules reveal that materiality is in the eye of the beholder.

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A tangled mess: Government rules for social media security lack clarity

In wake of SEC breach, federal policymakers, agencies, and experts can’t seem to agree on whether agencies must use MFA on social media.

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SEC blames sim-swapping, lack of MFA for X account hijacking

Multifactor authentication was disabled at the SEC’s request last year after staff had difficulties accessing the social media account.

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