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Litigator’s Brief: 5 Lessons from the Anthem Security Breach

Litigator’s Brief: 5 Lessons from the Anthem Security Breach 150 150 Rakesh Madhava

In February, Anthem Blue Cross revealed it had been the victim of a cyberattack. The attackers breached a database that contained over 80 million records of past and current customers, and Anthem employees. Anthem is the largest for-profit health care insurer in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, formerly known as Wellpoint. Anthem is comprised…

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Data Security: 6 Important Takeaways From The Sony Hack

Data Security: 6 Important Takeaways From The Sony Hack 150 150 Rakesh Madhava

The Sony Hack is big news and big news for lawyers. Besides the international political implications, celebrity backstabbing, studio politics and the involvement of a North Korean dictator, there are a number of legal angles already emerging with more to come. Of course, there’s lawsuits. Sony has brought in Boies Schiller & Flexner to assist…

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Legal Data Security: It’s Time for Law Firms to Freak Out About Hackers

Legal Data Security: It’s Time for Law Firms to Freak Out About Hackers 150 150 Jason Krause

Law firms need to wake up to the legal data security risks. The newspaper industry is in full freakout mode, with revelations that Chinese hackers have been targeting U.S.-based newspapers. The New York Times recently revealed Chinese hackers gained entry to the newspaper’s internal systems and accessed the personal computers of 53 employees- including David Barboza, Shanghai bureau chief…

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