Indiana University Health is suing a company that was hit by a ransomware attack two years ago — an event the health system says cost it $66 million and impacted its ability to process payments.
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One of the big challenges with data security is keeping in compliance with the Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct, which deal with confidentiality of information in the attorney-client relationship.
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At a law firm, a wrong click on a suspicious email link could result in a cybersecurity breach that exposes a client’s intellectual property or privileged attorney-
client information.
As broad, indiscriminate ransomware campaigns have sharply declined, the losses from ransomware attacks have increased significantly. That’s why more companies are looking to cyber insurance for protection.
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It’s a moment cybersecurity experts have warned about for years: malicious hackers arming themselves with AI to supercharge their ability to break into the world’s computers.
International conflicts in the physical world can lead to a spike in cyberattacks — both on government entities and on private companies that don’t necessarily have any connection to the conflict itself.
“The affected system is unclassified and contains law enforcement sensitive information, including returns from legal process, such as pen register and trap and trace surveillance returns, and personally identifiable information pertaining to subjects of FBI investigations,” said the notification.
Recently enacted federal guidelines involving some data transactions outside of the United States could put companies large and small at legal risk.
The lawsuit says the Cactus cyber gang has taken credit for infiltrating the company’s information systems and successfully downloading about 679 GB of files, including the personal information of customers and employees.
Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 9-6 to recommend Sean Plankey ’s nomination for director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
The lawsuit was filed Friday in the Marion Commercial Court on behalf of plaintiff Kathy Sloan. Community Health Network did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A nationally recognized FBI cybersecurity executive with Indianapolis ties has joined Dinsmore & Shohl LLP as a partner in the firm’s corporate group.
Indiana Office of Technology officials said the emails were scams and discouraged recipients from clicking on the links.
Former U.S. Attorney Zach Myers has started a new position at McCarter & English’s Indianapolis office as a partner in the firm’s business litigation group and leader of its multidisciplinary cybersecurity and data privacy team.
The indictments come as the U.S. government has warned of an increasingly sophisticated cyber threat from China.
An Indianapolis-based dental practice has agreed to pay $350,000 and to shore up its data protection and patient privacy practices following a state investigation into a ransomware attack and unauthorized disclosure of patient information.
Chinese hackers remotely accessed several U.S. Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency said Monday.
California officials say the largest trial court in the country is closed after a ransomware attack shut down its computer system late last week.
Cybercriminals used Yunhe Wang’s network of zombie residential computers to steal “billions of dollars from financial institutions, credit card issuers and accountholders, and federal lending programs since 2014,” according to an indictment.
Julian Assange’s lawyers began their final U.K. legal challenge Tuesday to stop the WikiLeaks founder from being sent to the United States to face spying charges, arguing that his actions had exposed serious criminal acts by U.S. authorities and that he could face a “flagrant denial of justice” if he is extradited.
States and the federal government are wrestling with how to harden water utilities against cyberattacks. The danger, officials say, is hackers gaining control of automated equipment to shut down pumps that supply drinking water or contaminate drinking water by reprogramming automated chemical treatments.
Indiana has joined five other states in reaching a $6.5 million settlement agreement with a global financial services company that acknowledged it failed to protect its customers’ personal information on multiple occasions.
Computer systems for almost all of Kansas’ courts have been offline for five days because of what officials call a “security incident,” preventing them from accepting electronic filings and blocking public access to many of their records.
Everyone must accept the fact that all businesses, and particularly law firms, are under constant assault from attackers.