Hacker And The Fed The FBI Shares Tactics of a Ransomware Gang, a Ransom Payment Fail, and Cyber Law with Lance Taubin
This week on Hacker And The Fed we speak with Lance Taubin of Alston & Bird about being a cyber lawyer, the FBI shares the tactics of the ransomware gang Scattered Spider, a company pays a ransom and their data is exposed anyway, Alpha BlackCat uses government regulations to further pressure a victim to pay, and the FCC is trying to make SIM swapping more difficult.
Links from the episode:
FBI Shares Tactics of Notorious Scattered Spider Hacker Collective
Dolly.com Pays Ransom, Attackers Release Data Anyway
https://cybernews.com/security/dolly-data-breach-ransomware-attack/#google_vignette
Ransomware Gang Files SEC Complaint Over Victim’s Undisclosed Breach
FCC Enforces Stronger Rules to Protect Customers Against SIM Swapping Attacks
https://thehackernews.com/2023/11/fcc-enforces-stronger-rules-to-protect.html
Lance Taubin | Technology and Privacy Attorney | Alston & Bird
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