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Credential Stuffing: Cyber Best Practices from NY Attorney General’s Latest Report
In guidance released last week, the New York State Office of the Attorney General urged businesses to incorporate safeguards to detect and prevent credential-stuffing attacks in their data security programs. The…
FTC Advises Companies to Remediate Log4j Vulnerability
In an unusual warning to companies running Java applications with Log4j in their environments, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently cautioned that it “intends to use its full legal authority to pursue companies…
Some fireworks at Bedoya’s Senate confirmation hearing, but confirmation still seems likely
On November 17, the Senate Commerce Committee held its eagerly-awaited hearing on the nomination of Alvaro Bedoya, a data privacy academic from Georgetown Law, to be FTC Commissioner. Bedoya is slated to replace Rohit…
Hope Emerges at Senate Data Security Hearing – But Will Congress Grab the Brass Ring?
On October 6, 2021, the Senate Commerce Committee conducted its second in a series of hearings dedicated to consumer privacy and data, this time addressing Data Security . Similar to last week’s privacy hearing, the…
“Not Outgunned, Just Outmanned” (For Now): Senate Hearing on Privacy Law Addresses Under-resourced FTC
On September 29, 2021, the Senate Commerce Subcommittee held a hearing titled Protecting Consumer Privacy . The senators addressed the potential $1 billion earmarked to strengthen the FTC’s privacy work, the future of…