1. An Increase in Extortion-Only Cyber Attacks – While ransomware attacks have been on the rise since 2020, a recent trend has emerged where threat actors are bypassing ransomware malware and encryption tactics and going straight to data theft. If a victim company does not pay the extortion demand, the threat actors engage in increasingly aggressive

Join Greenberg Traurig’s Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice for an interactive CLE symposium in Chicago on Wednesday, October 12. Attendees will hear from GT team members and industry peers on a variety of new privacy, cybersecurity, and tech issues. Speakers will also provide timely and practical tips for addressing these issues, with particular emphasis

  1. EEA Cross-Border Transfers. The U.S. and the EU will work towards, and hopefully reach, a cross-border data transfer solution.
  2. Ransomware. More ransomware attacks and increased regulatory scrutiny of companies that pay ransom demands.
  3. Digital Advertising. Development of alternate marketing strategies, and perhaps more reliance on consumer opt-in, as privacy laws further erode traditional tracking