A look at major lawsuits against Meta and other social media companies over harms to kids
The social media giant Meta still faces a number of lawsuits over its products’ effects on young people’s mental health.
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IU Health files lawsuit against firm hit by 2024 ransomware attack
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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Small, solo firms grapple with data security, costs
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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Keeping data safe: Law firms tighten security to protect intellectual property, data
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-
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Web Exclusive: Cyberinsurance moving mainstream
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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Google disrupts hackers using AI to exploit unknown weakness in company’s digital defense
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.
Iran conflict raises cyberattack risk, experts say
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.
FBI investigating ‘suspicious’ cyber activity on system holding sensitive surveillance information
“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.
How new federal data security regulations could affect Hoosier companies
Recently enacted federal guidelines involving some data transactions outside of the United States could put companies large and small at legal risk.
South Bend steel processor faces lawsuit over alleged cyber gang data breach
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.
Senate committee advances Trump nominee to lead cybersecurity agency
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
Class-action status sought for lawsuit against Community Health over alleged data breach
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.
Stapleton joins Dinsmore & Shohl as new corporate group partner
A nationally recognized FBI cybersecurity executive with Indianapolis ties has joined Dinsmore & Shohl LLP as a partner in the firm’s corporate group.
State government says hack caused overnight email blitz
Indiana Office of Technology officials said the emails were scams and discouraged recipients from clicking on the links.
Former U.S. Attorney Myers stays in Indianapolis, joins McCarter & English as partner
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.
U.S. charges Chinese hackers, government officials in broad cybercrime campaign
The indictments come as the U.S. government has warned of an increasingly sophisticated cyber threat from China.
Dental office agrees to pay state $350K after data breach, privacy investigation
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 accessed workstations and documents in a ‘major’ cyber incident, Treasury says
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.
Largest trial court in the US closes after ransomware attack, California officials say
California officials say the largest trial court in the country is closed after a ransomware attack shut down its computer system late last week.
Authorities arrest man accused of running ‘likely world’s largest ever’ cybercrime botnet
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.
WikiLeaks founder Assange faces his last legal roll of the dice in Britain to avoid US extradition
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 Congress wrestle with cybersecurity at water utilities amid renewed federal warnings
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.
AG’s office announces $690K settlement with Morgan Stanley following security breaches
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.
A security problem has taken down computer systems for almost all Kansas courts
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.