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First Ever BIPA Trial Results in a $228 million Judgement Against Railway Company that Relied on Third Party Vendor to Collect Employee Fingerprints.
The judgement, which came down last week, exemplifies the risk of biometric information collection in Illinois and the risk that can result from relying solely on third party vendors.
Ransomware Response Complicated by Growing Number of Sanctions in Wake of Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Entities facing significant legal risk, no matter the circumstances, if they make ransom payments to attackers connected to, or originating from Russia.
Shareholders Seek to Hold Current and Former SolarWinds Officials Liable for Massive 2020 Security Breach
Investors filed a derivative suit claiming that the company knew about, and failed to mitigate known, existing cybersecurity risks and shortfalls prior to the security breach.