CISA Issues Ransomware Alert for Activity Targeting the Healthcare and Public...
On October 28, 2020, a joint cybersecurity advisory was coauthored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of...
View ArticleFifth Circuit Addresses Scope of “Use” Under Federal Identity Theft Statute
You may have forgotten that there is a federal criminal identity theft statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1028A, which says: Whoever, during and in relation to any felony violation enumerated in subsection (c),...
View ArticleChina Adopts New Data Security Law
On June 10, 2021, China adopted a new Data Security Law that will impact every business operating in or doing business with China. The law, which will take effect in less than a month (September 1,...
View ArticleRansomware Payments – OFAC Updates its Advisory and Congress Gets Involved
Ransomware payments continue to be a focus of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”). As previously reported by Foley Hoag, on October 1, 2020, OFAC released an...
View ArticleCISA on Russia, Ukraine and Ransomware
According to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA“), the potential hostilities between Russia and Ukraine are likely to spill over into cyber warfare. In this month’s CISA...
View ArticleHHS Office for Civil Rights Posts HIPAA Security Rule Security Incident...
Every October, in recognition of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the federal government and its partners work to educate stakeholders on cybersecurity awareness and how best to protect the...
View ArticleHHS Office for Civil Rights Issues Bulletin on Requirements under HIPAA for...
On December 1, 2022, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a bulletin to highlight the obligations of Health Insurance Portability and...
View ArticleIf Your Password Is On This List, It’s Time to Change It
It’s been several years since I have written about password hygeine. I have been hoping that a better security solution would be widely adopted and while I hear rumors in that regard, passwords still...
View ArticleYour Password Can’t Possibly Be This Bad, Can It?
NordPass (the purveyor of a password manager) has assembled a list of the top 20 passwords in healthcare, based on usage by the world’s largest companies. According to NordPass’s analysis, the “top”...
View ArticleThe Federal Communications Commission Updates Its Data Breach Rules
On December 21, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission released an order updating its data breach rules. These updated rules require telecommunications providers to report breaches of customer...
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