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16 Nov 2022, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh
" Plaintiff is not necessarily worried about the substance of her claims being released to the public—it is out of fear that a hostile foreign actor will find out that she worked for the DIA as an intelligence officer, preventing her from operating effectively in the defense industry and putting herself and her loved ones in immediate danger of retaliation, capture, ransom, abduction, or death. [read post]
Consequently, organizations should consider negotiating a higher cap or an exception to the standard liability cap for breaches of confidentiality, privacy and security incidents of the vendor if they wish to potentially recover costs such as legal fees, forensic investigation and remedial fees, and ransom payments. [read post]
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the US is dedicated to working with “interagency and international partners to disrupt these kidnapping-for-ransom schemes that endanger the lives of American citizens and that fuel the violent gangs harming the Haitian people. [read post]
4 Nov 2022, 11:58 am by Ezra Rosser
New Article: Sam Rabiyah, More than 60,000 Rent-Stabilized Apartments Are Now Vacant — and Tenant Advocates Say Landlords Are Holding Them for ‘Ransom’, TheCity, (Oct. 19, 2022). [read post]
4 Nov 2022, 5:16 am by Shauhin Talesh
A review of Josephine Wolff, “Cyberinsurance Policy: Rethinking Risk in an Age of Ransomware, Computer Fraud, Data Breaches, and Cyberattacks” (MIT Press, 2022). *** Cyber risks—that is, loss associated with the use of electronic equipment, computers, information technology, and virtual reality—are among the biggest threats facing businesses and consumers. [read post]
4 Nov 2022, 5:07 am by Rob Robinson
Ransomware: 60% of affected organisations may have paid ransom demands Malware: 66 disclosures of zero-day vulnerabilities observed in 2021 Social engineering: Phishing remains a popular technique but we see new forms of phishing arising such as spear-phishing, whaling, smishing and vishing Threats against data: Increasing in proportionally to the total of data produced Threats against availability: Largest Denial of Service (DDoS) attack ever was launched in Europe in July 2022; Internet:… [read post]
1 Nov 2022, 6:04 am by Jeffrey S. Kahn
This disconnect between the Biden administration’s recognition of the dire conditions in Haiti and its failure to acknowledge the difficulties those conditions pose for deported Haitians became more pronounced this summer with reports that Haitian officials were essentially holding deportees for ransom in the national penitentiary. [read post]
27 Oct 2022, 11:31 am by JURIST Staff
Most kidnappings involve a ransom demand or a prisoner exchange though, as the life of the kidnapped party is what’s valuable. [read post]
19 Oct 2022, 5:16 am by Kellen Dwyer
Uber’s former chief security officer (CSO), Joe Sullivan, was found guilty on Oct. 5 of obstruction of justice (18 U.S.C. [read post]
17 Oct 2022, 11:35 am by David Kopel
[Bloomberg's "The Trace" fabricates a conspiracy about amicus brief writers who adhere to Supreme Court Rules] If you're looking for a website like QAnon, but catering to gun control advocates, you will enjoy some articles from The Trace, a gun control website founded and funded by Michael Bloomberg. [read post]
5 Oct 2022, 10:00 pm
In March 2022, President Joseph Biden signed into law the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022, which tasked the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) with developing and implementing regulations around cyber incident and ransom payment reporting. [read post]
5 Oct 2022, 10:00 pm
In March 2022, President Joseph Biden signed into law the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022, which tasked the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) with developing and implementing regulations around cyber incident and ransom payment reporting. [read post]
5 Oct 2022, 10:00 pm
In March 2022, President Joseph Biden signed into law the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022, which tasked the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) with developing and implementing regulations around cyber incident and ransom payment reporting. [read post]
5 Oct 2022, 10:00 pm
In March 2022, President Joseph Biden signed into law the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022, which tasked the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) with developing and implementing regulations around cyber incident and ransom payment reporting. [read post]
5 Oct 2022, 10:00 pm
In March 2022, President Joseph Biden signed into law the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022, which tasked the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) with developing and implementing regulations around cyber incident and ransom payment reporting. [read post]
5 Oct 2022, 10:00 pm
In March 2022, President Joseph Biden signed into law the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022, which tasked the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) with developing and implementing regulations around cyber incident and ransom payment reporting. [read post]
4 Oct 2022, 6:05 am by Rosy Auguste Ducéna
Before, people were dying in gang massacres and ransom kidnappings gone wrong. [read post]
4 Oct 2022, 5:00 am by Rob Robinson
In this year’s study, ransomware was once again the number one cause of loss for SMEs and the costs associated with a ransomware event were again higher – the 5-year average ransom climbed to $262K; the 5-year average cost of a ransomware incident rose to $455K. [read post]