Legal Issues of Cybersecurity and Data Breach Response
Current Events
Fall 2019
August 29th, 2019
Is Amazon Liable for the Capital One Hack? (D&O Diary)
September 5th, 2019
Google Uncovers 2-year iPhone Hack that was ‘Sustained’ and ‘Indiscriminate’ (Washington Post)
September 12th, 2019
Some Good News for the Cybersecurity Class Action Bar (D&O Diary)
September 19th, 2019
Miami Couple Admits Roles in Global Email Fraud Scheme (Law360)
September 26th, 2019
Messaging app Telegram moves to protect identity of Hong Kong protesters (Reuters)
October 3rd, 2019
Air Force Unveils Ten Year Cyber Warfare Plan (FCW)
October 17th, 2019
Leaders of CFTC, FinCEN, and SEC Issue Joint Statement on Activities Involving Digital Assets (SEC)
October 24th, 2019
Sens. Warren and Wyden urge FTC to Investigate Amazon’s Role in Capital One Hack (CNBC)
False-Flag Hackers Present a Major Security Concern (Financial Times)
October 31st, 2019
Zendesk Discloses 2016 Data Breach (ZDNet)
November 7th, 2019
Uber Allegedly Paid up $100K and Made Hackers Sign NDAs After Data Breach (CNET)
November 14th, 2019
None (Review of Engagement Letters)
November 21st, 2019
December 5th, 2019
About John Reed Stark
John Reed Stark President of John Reed Consulting LLC. Served for 15 years as an SEC enforcement attorney leading cyber-related projects, investigations and enforcement actions; For 11 years as Founder/Chief of SEC Office of Internet Enforcement; For 15 years as Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law School teaching cyber law; For 10 years as a Guest Instructor at the FBI Academy; For 5+ years as Managing Director (three as head of the Washington, D.C. office) of Stroz, Friedberg, a global digital risk management firm, leading cybersecurity, incident response and digital compliance engagements for corporations. Appointed since 2017 as Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke University Law School teaching law of cybersecurity and data breach response. Author of The Cybersecurity Due Diligence Handbook. 
