On July 20, 2015, the Seventh Circuit issued its opinion in Remijas v. Neiman Marcus Group, 794 F. 3d 688 (7th Circ. 2015), which immediately became the low-water mark for Article III standing in data breach cases. In short, Remijas became the first Circuit decision to expressly and expansively recognize that risk of future injury and time and money spent protecting against identity theft as a result of a data breach were sufficient to confer Article III standing.
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Be Alert: Ransomware Attacks on the Rise
By Sheppard Mullin on
Posted in Privacy and Data Security
Big name companies, government agencies and individuals are all falling victim to “ransomware” attacks in record and still-rising numbers. Recently, Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital’s communications capabilities were disabled for 10 days before the hospital paid a ransom of 40 bitcoins – about $17,000 – and regained access to its system. And this week Medstar Health, a system of ten major hospitals in the Washington, DC area, reportedly suffered a similar attack. All this activity has led experts to label 2016 as “the year of ransomware.” And this new form of cyberattack requires a different approach to cybersecurity and incident recovery than your data breach prevention plan.
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