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May 28, 2025
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Banks Want SEC to Rescind Cyberattack Disclosure Requirements

PYMNTS reports: American banking groups want the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revoke its cybersecurity incident disclosure requirements.  These groups, led by the American Bankers Association (ABA), wrote to the SEC last week, contending that disclosing cybersecurity incidents “directly conflicts with confidential reporting requirements intended to protect critical infrastructure and warn potential victims.” Joining the ABA were the Securities Industry […]

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May 24, 2025
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FTC Fines GoDaddy for Weak Security, Data Breaches

The Southern Maryland Chronicle reports: The Federal Trade Commission finalized a settlement with GoDaddy on May 23, 2025, addressing allegations that the web hosting provider misled consumers about its data security practices, leading to multiple data breaches. The order, approved unanimously by a 3-0 vote, mandates significant security upgrades and prohibits GoDaddy from making false […]

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May 20, 2025
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Legal aid hack: data from hundreds of thousands of people accessed, says Ministry of Justice

The Guardian reports that a significant cyberattack affecting the Legal Aid Agency in the UK affects both legal aid applicants and legal aid providers: The personal data of hundreds of thousands of legal aid applicants in England and Wales dating back to 2010, including criminal records and financial details, has been accessed and downloaded in a “significant” […]

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May 17, 2025
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Breachforums Boss to Pay $700k in Healthcare Breach

Brian Krebs reports: In what experts are calling a novel legal outcome, the 22-year-old former administrator of the cybercrime community Breachforums will forfeit nearly $700,000 to settle a civil lawsuit from a health insurance company whose customer data was posted for sale on the forum in 2023. Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, a.k.a. “Pompompurin,” is slated for resentencing next month […]

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May 17, 2025
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Japan enacts new Active Cyberdefense Law allowing for offensive cyber operations

The Record reports that Japan has enacted a new law that permits the country’s authorities to preemptively engage with adversaries through offensive cyber operations to prevent significant damage to the country: The new Active Cyberdefense Law mirrors recent reinterpretations of Article 9, providing Japan’s Self-Defence Forces with the right to provide material support to allies […]

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May 13, 2025
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New York Tightens the Breach Clock: 30 Days to Notify

As seen at Corporate Compliance Insights: Organizations handling New Yorkers’ data now face one of the country’s shortest breach notification deadlines. Morrison Foerster attorneys Melissa Crespo and Reiley Porter break down the state’s recent amendments that impose a 30-day notification requirement and expand protected information categories to include medical and health insurance data.  Recent amendments […]

Legal News, Healthcare
May 06, 2025
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Charlotte Clinic Owner Agrees To Settle Allegations Of Medicaid Fraud

A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of North Carolina: CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Steven Osbey, of Kernersville, N.C., has agreed to entry of a consent judgment against him in the amount of $4,711,159.00 in favor of the United States and State of North Carolina (the Governments), subject to a separate agreement regarding […]