Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney, Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and David E. Beach, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Secret Service New York Field Office (“USSS”) announced today that ANDREI TYURIN, a/k/a … [Read more...]
North Korean Hacking Team Allegedly Responsible for WannaCry Ransomware, Destructive Cyberattack on Sony Pictures, and Cybertheft from Bangladesh Bank
Laguna Beach Injuires LOS ANGELES – A criminal complaint made public today charges a North Korean citizen for his involvement in a conspiracy to conduct a series of destructive cyberattacks around the world, which resulted in damage to massive amounts of computer hardware and extensive loss of data, money and other resources. The complaint alleges that Park Jin Hyok … [Read more...]
Chinese Attempt To Steal US Defense Secrets Results in Prison Term
LOS ANGELES – A Chinese national who admitted to participating in a years-long conspiracy that involved Chinese military officers hacking into the computer networks of major U.S. defense contractors in order to steal military technical data was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison. Su Bin, who is also known as Stephen Su and Stephen Subin, 51, a … [Read more...]
Frustrating Law Firms: Face Up To Hacking Threats
Regulators and corporates are frustrated by the law profession's unwillingness to acknowledge the problems they face with hacking issues. A hacked database of clients that results in the theft of client information is a major concern, but it is something that law firms have generally hidden. The NY Times Dealbook reports that frustration bubbled over in a recent internal … [Read more...]
Boom Times for Privacy Lawyers
Limitless opportunities for lawyers? Sound too good to be true? The reality is that lawyers are front and center of the privacy law issues in the wake of scandals and crises like the Edward Snowden hacking issue. And so lawyers who are smartly entering the privacy arena are cleaning up. Take Baker + McKenzie lawyer Brian Hengesbaugh, who specializes in privacy and data … [Read more...]