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Capital One Judge Skeptical That Breach Report Is Privileged

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Dissent

Law360 reports: A Virginia federal magistrate judge tackling discovery issues in the sprawling litigation over Capital One’s massive 2019 data breach appeared unconvinced during a hearing Friday morning that consumers suing the bank are barred from seeing a cybersecurity firm’s report on the event. Consumers within the multidistrict litigation are pushing to get hold of an incident…

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REvil responds to Grubman Shire law firm: “We will get the money”

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Dissent

A ransomware team that locked up the files of entertainment law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks after stealing copies of the files has responded to reactions to their demand for $42 million to unlock the files and to prevent the attackers from releasing the firm’s files about President Trump. The attackers claim that the…

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Arkansas Division of Workforce Services shut down portal after programmer discovers it put applicants’ data at risk

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Dissent

AP reports: A state program that was created to process unemployment applications in Arkansas for self-employed individuals or gig economy workers appears to have been illegally accessed and has been shut down, officials announced Saturday. Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he learned Friday evening that an applicant for the program is believed to have somehow accessed…

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Indiana Court of Appeals reinstates patient’s lawsuit against a hospital for breach by employee

Posted on May 15, 2020 by Dissent

There’s an update on a lawsuit filed in 2018 that I knew nothing about concerning a breach that occurred in 2017 that I knew nothing about. It’s been one of those days. Thankfully, reporting by Dave Stafford of the Indiana Lawyer showed up in my searches today: A divided Indiana Court of Appeals has reinstated…

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Multi-millions: Sodinokibi attackers demand $42 million of celebrity law firm, threaten to publish dirt they claim to have on President Trump

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Dissent

I honestly cannot think of a more ironic name for a blog than the Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware operators calling their website “Happy Blog.” Reading their updates today, they certainly didn’t seem happy, especially with Coveware, a firm that has assisted numerous ransomware victims. The firm’s services include helping negotiate ransom amounts and payment. But something…

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Elizabethtown Community Hospital Patients Lack Standing in Data Breach Row

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Dissent

Daniel R. Stoller has a litigation update on a case that stems from a 2018 breach affecting patients at Elizabethtown Community Hospital. Elizabethtown Community Hospital beat claims of inadequate data security protections after a federal judge in New York found that plaintiffs lacked standing. Read more on Bloomberg Law (subscription required).

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