Home Depot Settles 2014 Data Breach for $17.5 Million

Dec 3, 2020 | Cyber Law

Home Depot has agreed to settle a multistate investigation into the data breach involving the theft of millions of customers’ credit cards. In 2014, Home Depot was the target of a cyberattack where the company’s point-of-sale systems were infected with malware...

Healthcare Providers Targeted in Wave of New Ransomware Attacks

Nov 5, 2020 | Cyber Law

We’ve written before about regulators’ and prosecutors’ increasing efforts to fight cybercrime in the COVID-19 era, and about how the most common form of cybercrime is Business Email Compromise (BEC) fraud. Last week, federal agencies reminded us about the particular...

Atlanta: A Home for Cybercriminals

Oct 20, 2020 | Cyber Law

As we’ve written before, cybercrime continues to be one of the top risks facing businesses and organizations. It’s also a top priority regulators and prosecutors. The most common form of cybercrime is Business Email Compromise (BEC) fraud, an email phishing scheme...