Latest Legal news

US Senate Passes Bill in Response to Rampant Ransomware, CyberAttacks

The U.S. Senate passed the 'DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act' (S.315) to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to maintain cyber hunt and incident response teams to help private and public entities defend against cyber-attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 27, 2019
- 05:23 PM
- 1
New York Passes Law to Update Data Breach Notification Requirements

New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act into law, with the new consumer privacy policy being designed to protect New Yorkers' private data and strengthen the state's data breach policies.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 27, 2019
- 10:30 AM
- 0
Alleged Ukrainian Malvertiser Extradited, Faces Hacking Charges

A 31-year old Ukrainian national named Oleksii Petrovich Ivanov who allegedly ran multiple malvertising campaigns between October 2013 through May 2018 was extradited to the U.S. from the Netherlands and is facing hacking charges.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 04, 2019
- 02:00 PM
- 0
New Bill to Protect U.S. Senate Personal Devices, Accounts from Hackers

U.S. senators and their staff will receive assistance from the Senate Sergeant at Arms to protect their accounts and devices from cyber threats if a bipartisan bill introduced by Senators and Senate Intelligence Committee members Ron Wyden (D-Ore) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark) will be signed into law.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 28, 2019
- 02:36 PM
- 3
257K Legal Documents Leaked By Unprotected Elasticsearch Server

An unprotected 4.7 GB Elasticsearch cluster found on a US-based Amazon AWS server exposed 257,287 legal documents that came with a "not designated for publication" label.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 15, 2019
- 03:36 PM
- 0
Russia Passes Bill That Outlaws Disrespecting Russian Officials Online

The Russian State Duma passed a new and controversial bill which allows the authorities to jail people who disrespect the government and state officials online.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 07, 2019
- 05:24 PM
- 2
DHS Cyber Hunt Teams to Be Authorized by Reintroduced Bipartisan Bill

The bipartisan Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act which would require the DHS to authorize "cyber incident response" and "cyber hunt" teams was reintroduced on January 31.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 01, 2019
- 07:49 PM
- 0
Arizona Lawmaker Wants to Tax Porn to Fund Border Security

Arizona Representative Gail Griffin proposed the House Bill 2444 which requires a $20 porn tax to access adult content using an Internet-connected device, with the collected money to be used for funding border security and dream centers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 22, 2019
- 04:28 PM
- 3
Dark Web Drug Vendor Pleads Guilty After Feds Traced His Bitcoin Transactions

Gal Vallerius, a 36-year-old French national pleaded guilty this week in the US of selling narcotics on the Dark Web under the nickname of OxyMonster.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 14, 2018
- 11:12 AM
- 3
You Can File Complaints About Cryptojacking With the FTC

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is now open to taking complaints from US users about cryptojacking —the practice of using JavaScript code to mine cryptocurrencies inside users' browsers without notifying them in advance or requesting permission.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 07, 2018
- 07:00 PM
- 1
Eventbrite Removes Clause That Allowed It to Attend and Film Events

Eventbrite has recanted on a recent change made to its Merchant Agreement that allowed the company to attend and film events, and then keep the copyright for that recording.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 23, 2018
- 07:03 PM
- 12