Category: Cyber Breach

Class Action / Cyber Attacks / Cyber Breach / Lawsuit

Cyber-Attack Class Actions Are On The Rise

After a barrage of media coverage over the release of The Interview, Sony Pictures now finds itself in federal court defending against seven class action lawsuits filed less than a month after the North Korean government hacked its computer system.  Sony became aware of this “unprecedented” attack, in which it reportedly lost over 100 terabytes of data, on the morning of November 24th.  The first class action complaint, Corona v. Sony Pictures Entm’t, Inc., was filed on December 15, 2014 —… Continue Reading
Cyber Attacks / Cyber Breach / Cybersecurity

Cyber Attack Immobilizes Dutch Government Websites

As reported by the BBC, most of the Dutch government’s websites were rendered inoperable after a successful distributed denial of service (DDoS) cyber-attack on Tuesday, when servers were flooded with traffic, rendering the sites virtually inoperable.  A number of private sites were also breached, and the attack also affected communications provider Telford.  As the BBC noted, these attacks “highlighted the vulnerability of public infrastructure.” An official from the Dutch Government Information Service, Rimbert Kloosterman, remarked that the complexity and size of the government’s websites had… Continue Reading
Cyber Attacks / Cyber Breach / Cybersecurity

Department of Homeland Security Must Assess Cyber Risks to Building Access and Control Systems

The U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO) issued a report this month calling on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and General Services Administration (GSA) to develop and implement a strategy to address cyber risks to building and access control systems, including the computers that monitor and control building operations such as elevators, electrical power, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning.  As these systems are increasingly connected to other information systems and the Internet, there is greater vulnerability to cyber attacks, which, the report explains, “could… Continue Reading