By Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Blog: On December 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced an enforcement action against
The Record reports: French authorities arrested a 22-year-old on Wednesday as part of an investigation into a hack of the
VitalLaw reports: The Department of Defense would have to add new cybersecurity requirements to its contracts for telecom services when
The United States Attorney’s Office for Eastern District of Louisiana issued a press release about the sentencing of a Romanian
There have been many articles written about the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) being used to program or assist cybercrime,
Miscellaneous News
From Polsinelli PC: In two separate but related actions, third party administrators (TPAs) and their insurance business partners agreed to
CSO reports: Three of the most notorious ransomware-as-a-service operations have formed a criminal cartel aimed at coordinating attacks and sharing
By Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Blog: On December 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced an enforcement action against Illusory Systems Inc., a Utah-based company doing business as Nomad, following a major data breach in which hackers stole $186 million from consumers. The FTC alleges that Illusory Systems failed to implement adequate data security measures, which allowed hackers to exploit a vulnerability in the company’s code. According to the FTC’s complaint, Illusory Systems advertised itself as a “security-first” company
AP reports: A pro-Russian hacking group claimed responsibility for a major cyberattack that halted package deliveries by France’s national postal service just days before Christmas, prosecutors said Wednesday. After the claim by the cybercrime group known as Noname057, French intelligence agency DGSI took over the investigation into the hacking attack, the Paris prosecutor’s office said in a statement to The Associated Press. The group has been accused of other cyberattacks in Europe, including around a NATO summit in the Netherlands and French
The Jerusalem Post reports: A former employee of the Israeli cybersecurity company Sygnia pleaded guilty to federal offences in the US for being involved in ransomware attacks in an attempt to extort millions of dollars from companies around the US. Ryan Clifford Goldberg, who served as a cyber incident response supervisor at the company, admitted he was part of a years-long scheme targeting businesses across America. According to federal court records, both pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to interfere with commerce through
Reuters reports: The hacking group “ShinyHunters” said on Tuesday it has stolen data belonging to premium customers of the leading sex website Pornhub and is threatening to publish it. Although Reuters could not immediately establish the scope, scale, or details of the breach, the hackers provided a sample of the data which the news agency was able to partially authenticate. The Reuters Tariff Watch newsletter is your daily guide to the latest global trade and tariff news. Sign up here. At least
The Record reports: French authorities arrested a 22-year-old on Wednesday as part of an investigation into a hack of the country’s Interior Ministry that saw the perpetrators access several email accounts and dozens of confidential documents. The ministry confirmed what was described as a serious incident after a user claimed credit for a hack on the cybercrime website BreachForums. A government spokesperson said the “reality and scope” of that post “are currently being subjected to in-depth verification as part of
By Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Blog: On December 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced an enforcement action against
AP reports: A pro-Russian hacking group claimed responsibility for a major cyberattack that halted package deliveries by France’s national postal service just
The Jerusalem Post reports: A former employee of the Israeli cybersecurity company Sygnia pleaded guilty to federal offences in the US for
The Register reports: The number of successful cyber insurance claims made by UK organizations shot up last year, according to
Insurance Business Magazine reports: A Texas woman has sued Goosehead Insurance Agency over a data breach that exposed sensitive customer
Geo News reports: Russian hackers have sent shockwaves through Britain’s health system after gaining access to hundreds of thousands of
By Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Blog: On December 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced an enforcement action against Illusory Systems Inc., a Utah-based company doing business as Nomad, following a major data breach in which hackers stole $186 million from consumers. The FTC alleges that Illusory Systems failed to implement adequate data security measures, which allowed hackers to exploit a vulnerability in the company’s code. According to the FTC’s complaint, Illusory Systems advertised itself as a “security-first” company
AP reports: A pro-Russian hacking group claimed responsibility for a major cyberattack that halted package deliveries by France’s national postal service just days before Christmas, prosecutors said Wednesday. After the claim by the cybercrime group known as Noname057, French intelligence agency DGSI took over the investigation into the hacking attack, the Paris prosecutor’s office said in a statement to The Associated Press. The group has been accused of other cyberattacks in Europe, including around a NATO summit in the Netherlands and French
The Jerusalem Post reports: A former employee of the Israeli cybersecurity company Sygnia pleaded guilty to federal offences in the US for being involved in ransomware attacks in an attempt to extort millions of dollars from companies around the US. Ryan Clifford Goldberg, who served as a cyber incident response supervisor at the company, admitted he was part of a years-long scheme targeting businesses across America. According to federal court records, both pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to interfere with commerce through
Reuters reports: The hacking group “ShinyHunters” said on Tuesday it has stolen data belonging to premium customers of the leading sex website Pornhub and is threatening to publish it. Although Reuters could not immediately establish the scope, scale, or details of the breach, the hackers provided a sample of the data which the news agency was able to partially authenticate. The Reuters Tariff Watch newsletter is your daily guide to the latest global trade and tariff news. Sign up here. At least
By Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Blog: On December 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced an enforcement action against
The Record reports: French authorities arrested a 22-year-old on Wednesday as part of an investigation into a hack of the
VitalLaw reports: The Department of Defense would have to add new cybersecurity requirements to its contracts for telecom services when
The United States Attorney’s Office for Eastern District of Louisiana issued a press release about the sentencing of a Romanian
There have been many articles written about the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) being used to program or assist cybercrime,
Miscellaneous News
From Polsinelli PC: In two separate but related actions, third party administrators (TPAs) and their insurance business partners agreed to
CSO reports: Three of the most notorious ransomware-as-a-service operations have formed a criminal cartel aimed at coordinating attacks and sharing
By Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Blog: On December 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced an enforcement action against
AP reports: A pro-Russian hacking group claimed responsibility for a major cyberattack that halted package deliveries by France’s national postal service just
The Jerusalem Post reports: A former employee of the Israeli cybersecurity company Sygnia pleaded guilty to federal offences in the US for
The Register reports: The number of successful cyber insurance claims made by UK organizations shot up last year, according to
Insurance Business Magazine reports: A Texas woman has sued Goosehead Insurance Agency over a data breach that exposed sensitive customer
Geo News reports: Russian hackers have sent shockwaves through Britain’s health system after gaining access to hundreds of thousands of
