Sarah Anderson
Cohesion & Accuracy
If ever forced to read Thomas Paine’s bestselling Common Sense pamphlet during American History class, his posit that “It is not in...
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Sarah Anderson
- 6 days ago
- 3 min
SLTTs: It's Time to Collect on those Federal Promises
While generally opposed to categorical rules, any intelligent individual should appreciate the importance of cybersecurity. A failure to...
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Sarah Anderson & Julian Mahfouz
- Jun 17
- 3 min
Class Actions: Invest in Dark Web Scans
When data is leaked in or following a breach, many courts do not consider the attenuated and hypothesized chain of events between the...
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Sarah Anderson & Julian Mahfouz
- Jun 11
- 3 min
A.I. Not Yet an Inventor, but Maybe in the Future?
Recently, a Missouri physicist attempted to introduce a new player in the field of innovation: his self-invented artificial intelligence...
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Sarah Anderson & Julian Mahfouz
- Jun 7
- 3 min
TikTok’s Privacy Suit Battles Near $100 Million in Damages
TikTok, a social media giant known for allowing its user to upload short videos, continues to battle its reputation for consumer privacy...
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Sarah Anderson & Julian Mahfouz
- May 26
- 3 min
$63M for OPM Data Breach Victims Pending Approval
The Office of Personal Management (“OPM”), one of the federal government’s largest human resource management entities, and their former...
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Julian Mahfouz
- May 19
- 3 min
5 States of Consumer Privacy
In two years, 5 states passed consumer privacy acts, which in “law” time (especially with a pandemic), is fast. Beginning with...
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Sarah Anderson
- May 4
- 3 min
Cyber Negligence is a Real Claim
Despite limited case law, U.S. Courts consistently treat cryptocurrency like any other movable or intangible product. Although the...
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Sarah Anderson
- Apr 25
- 3 min
Surveillance: What's an Intrusion?
With litigation, private investigators, Google Alerts, and social media monitoring are common devices by which to uncover facts and...
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Sarah Anderson
- Apr 11
- 3 min
Fitting Cyber into Federal Procedure: Square Peg, Round Hole
A client sent me Cyberscoop’s article about the Department of Justice’s successful efforts to stop a Russian Botnet called “Cyclops...
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Sarah Anderson
- Apr 7
- 3 min
Old Fashioned Interpleader: A Solution to Cryptocurrency Disputes
A law school professor once said that if any question starts with “Can a federal judge….,” the answer was always “yes.” Originally...
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Sarah Anderson
- Mar 28
- 3 min
3 Weeks of Intense Cyber Activity
Few believed Dr. Michael Burry when he predicted the 2007 mortgage crises that eventually crippled the U.S. economy and destroyed a Wall...
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Sarah Anderson
- Mar 14
- 3 min
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Buried within 2741 pages of Congress’s recent work product is the “Tell us you were hacked” law, actually named the “Cyber Incident...
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Sarah Anderson
- Feb 25
- 2 min
CYBER ADVICE FROM CISA & GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS (LA)
Disclaimer: This is information for wide-distribution, directly sent for public view by the State of Louisiana's Governor's Office of...
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Sarah Anderson
- Feb 21
- 3 min
RUSSIA & YOUR ROUTER
Staging its military forces on the border with Ukraine is Russia’s physical illustration of dominance. While a physical invasion is...
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Sarah Anderson
- Feb 14
- 2 min
Romantic Cyber Crimes
Not to sullen any Valentine’s Day vibes but the topic of cyber scams through dating applications matches the holiday. The types of crime...
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Sarah Anderson
- Feb 10
- 3 min
To Sue or be Sued?
Unless paying close attention to characters' small talk in Erin Brockovich, many do not understand the mechanics of large-scale,...
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Sarah Anderson
- Feb 2
- 3 min
Why are CEOs Increasingly Targeted by Hackers?
The answer to the title question is “psychology and access.” Many forget that cyber-attacks are equal parts mental manipulation and...
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Sarah Anderson
- Jan 24
- 2 min
Cyber Insurance Rates: Up, Up, and Away!
Nothing like frustrating news on a Monday morning to start a cold week. Since Friday, several stories arose noting the dramatic increase...
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Sarah Anderson
- Jan 19
- 2 min
Malicious QR Codes - The Digital Slip & Fall
Before customers cross a business's threshold, its manager does not spray soap onto the porcelain tile to induce a broken hip. Instead,...
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