Legislation that would ban law enforcement and federal agencies from buying consumer data from data brokers without a warrant is on its way to the full House.

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CISA put federal civilian agencies on notice that they were expected to secure network devices within 14 days of discovering they had been exposed on the internet.

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The Supreme Court attempted to define what it means to “use” without lawful authority “a means of identification” of another person.

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An interesting case of insider risk wrapped up recently in the Federal District Court in Massachusetts when U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young handed down a lenient sentence to Haoyang Yu. Yu, a former employee of semiconductor company Analog Devices Inc (ADI), was convicted of stealing ADI’s designs and then forming his own..

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Geolocation data is among the most sensitive personal data. Marketers can use this data to determine what you are likely to buy, how much you are likely to spend and where you are likely to shop. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued an online geolocation data broker for unfairly selling data about the physical location..

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A New Jersey court recently ruled that an insurer was not relieved from its obligation to pay for Merck’s losses after a Russian NotPetya cyberattack. The insurer claimed its ‘Act of War’ exclusion applied to the company’s cyberinsurance policy; the court disagreed. The rise of cyberattacks has led to a significant increase in the demand..

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On May 4, 2023, U.S. District Judge William Orrick sentenced former Uber CISO and former DOJ cybercrime prosecutor Joe Sullivan to three years of probation and 200 hours of community service for his role in concealing a massive data breach at Uber from the public and from the FTC. While the court rejected the government’s..

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With Indiana Jones about to enter the space race in the Dial of Destiny, I am reminded of the great Tom Lehrer’s 1965 song about former Nazi scientist Dr. Wernher von Braun’s “apolitical” approach to the engineering of rockets. According to Lehrer’s parody,  “’Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down? That’s..

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On April 19, 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Counterman v. Colorado, a case readdressing the question of the mental state the government has to demonstrate to convict a person for making online threats. Specifically, the high court addressed “whether, to establish that a statement is a ‘true threat’ unprotected..

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Department of Commerce launched a “Disruptive Technology Strike Force” to investigate and prosecute criminal violations of U.S. export control laws. The aim is to prevent foreign actors from obtaining potentially sensitive technologies, including semiconductors. The strike force will bring together government experts, including the FBI, Homeland Security..

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