On September 1, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania unsealed a qui tam False Claims Act (“FCA”) lawsuit (originally filed on October 5, 2022) alleging Penn State University failed to provide “adequate security” for Covered Defense Information, as contractually required by Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) 252.204-7012. DFARS requires […]
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FTC Launches Investigation into Creator of ChatGPT
In mid-July, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reportedly opened an investigation into OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, sending the company an extensive Civil Investigative Demand (CID). While FTC investigations are normally non-public, the Washington Post published what appears to be part of the CID sent from the FTC to OpenAI. This investigation comes on the […]
Chinese Hackers Exploit Gap in Cloud Environment Used by U.S. Government
According to recent reports issued by Microsoft and U.S. government agencies, hackers recently exploited a gap in Microsoft’s cloud environment, enabling the malicious actors to access the email accounts of employees at the United States Commerce and State Departments. Including the U.S. government, around 10 organizations were victimized in the U.S. and about 25 were […]
Council of Europe Launches Model Contractual Clauses for Transfers of Personal Data
On June 16, 2023, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Convention 108+ (i.e., the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data) adopted Model Contractual Clauses for cross-border data flows (“MCCs”). The MCCs are intended to cover the transfers of personal data to countries that are not parties to […]
CL0P Ransomware Gang’s Exploitation of MOVEit Vulnerability: What It Means for Companies
On June 7, 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory in connection with a recent zero-day (or previously undetected) vulnerability in Progress Software’s managed file transfer software (MOVEit Transfer), exploited by the CL0P ransomware group. CL0P publicly claimed responsibility for exploiting the […]