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The Art of Cybersecurity: How Sun Tzu Masterminded the FireEye / US Agencies / SolarWinds Cyberattacks

Sun Tzu taught that, when it comes to the art of cybersecurity, you must be wary of your business partners and other third parties. Why? Unless you are living under a rock, you should have heard that FireEye–perhaps the preeminent cybersecurity firm on the face of the planet–was the victim of a successful cyberattack. So …

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The Art of Cybersecurity: How Sun Tzu Masterminded the Home Depot Data Breach

Sun Tzu taught that, when it comes to the art of cybersecurity, you must be wary of your business associates and other third parties. Why? Have you heard that Home Depot had a data breach? That hackers were able to exfiltrate 56 million payment cards and 53 million customer email addresses from its systems? Did …

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What did Sun Tzu teach about cybersecurity?

Sun Tzu taught that, when it comes to cybersecurity, you must be wary of your business associates and other third parties. Why? Have you heard of the national retailer that what was hit with a perfectly timed cyber attack on Black Friday ’13 that resulted in credit card data from roughly 110 million customers being taken? That …

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The Home Depot / State Attorneys General Settlement – My 1st and 2nd Thoughts

The Attorneys General of 46 states reached a $17.5 million-dollar settlement with The Home Depot, which was announced on November 24, 2020. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that this settlement was led by the Connecticut, Illinois, and Texas AGs and Texas will collect $1,777,440.00. I will have more to say about this settlement in …

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WHAT DOES CFAA MEAN AND WHY SHOULD I CARE? A PRIMER ON THE COMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE ACT FOR CIVIL LITIGATORS

[Originally published in Volume 63, No. 1, Autumn 2011 issue of the South Carolina Law Review] “Every battle is won before it is ever fought.”[1] I…. Introduction II… Litigation Attorneys Must Understand the Need to be Prepared for the Computer Fraud Issues Their Clients Will Face “Everything has a computer in it nowadays.” Fraud—What is …

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CYBERSECURITY FOR YOUR LAW FIRM

TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.  The Most Important Point of this Guide: The Law Firm Must Have Adequate Cybersecurity Defenses.  THE IMPACT OF CYBERSECURITY LAW.  Cybersecurity is a Legal Issue.  The Conundrum of Cybersecurity Law Schizophrenia.  LAWYER’S & LAW FIRM’S UNIQUE OBLIGATION TO PROTECT CLIENT DATA.  UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS OF CYBERSECURITY AND CYBERATTACKS.  What are the …

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Cybersecurity Lessons Learned from SecureWorld #SWDAL16 Conference

Following an outstanding SecureWorld Expo – Dallas Conference, Courtney Theim posted a nice wrap up of the lessons learned as of the time of her post: #SWDAL16: What We’ve Learned So Far I am going to give you the gist of it and encourage you to go check out the full post:

Brazzers porn hack: more than just account holders exposed–what does this mean for your company?

We have been observing an evolution in hackers’ tactics from going after data that could be directly monetized, such as payment card data, to going after data that can be monetized indirectly through extortion, such as the Ashley Madison data. The hack of Brazzers porn site is similar to the Ashley Madison hack in that the …

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