Daniel P. O’Meara, Jeffrey D. Coren, and Zachary V. Zagger of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. write: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently ruled that violations of employers’ computer access policies do not constitute violations of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and that account passwords are…
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Short-term renewal of cyber information sharing law appears in bill to end shutdown
Martin Matishak reports: A deal to reopen the U.S. government would also renew an expired cybersecurity information sharing law until the end of January. The Senate on Sunday advanced legislation to end a weeks-long shutdown stalemate that includes a provision to reauthorize the 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act through January 30. The law, which incentivizes…
Yanluowang ransomware IAB pleads guilty
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A Russian man has pleaded guilty to hacking US companies and selling access to ransomware groups. Aleksei Olegovich Volkov went online under the hacker name of chubaka.kor, and worked as an initial access broker (IAB) for the Yanluowang ransomware. Volkov used various techniques to breach a corporate employee’s account, escalate access to the employer’s…
Lawsuit Alleges Ex-Intel Employee Hid 18,000 Sensitive Documents Prior to Leaving the Company
Divya reports: Intel is pursuing legal action against a former software engineer who the company claims downloaded thousands of confidential files shortly after being fired in July. The incident highlights growing concerns about data security during workforce reductions and employee departures. “Growing concerns?” How many times over the past 15+ years have we reported on the insider…
HIPAA, but for non-Covered Entities?
Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: A new bill, proposed by Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP), purports to apply the privacy and security practices under the HITECH Act, to entities that process non protected health information (PHI) and their service providers in the same manner that…
Manassas City Public Schools close on Monday due to cyberattack
Alan Henney reports: Manassas City Public Schools (MCPS) are closed on Monday due to a cybersecurity incident that has led to connectivity disruptions and phone outages across the school system, officials said. Dr. Kevin Newman, MCPS superintendent, said in a post on Facebook on Sunday that all MCPS schools will be closed on Monday, November…