Our guest for Episode 69 is Jason Brown, the Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge of the Cyber Intelligence Section at the US Secret Service. We talk about the Secret Service’s Electronic Crimes Task Forces and their critical role in investigating data breaches affecting financial
Most people who’ve heard of “Bitcoin” know it only as a virtual currency sometimes used by criminals. But there are entrepreneurs, engineers, venture capitalists, and bankers who are betting big on the untapped economic potential of the “blockchain” – the underlying technology that makes Bitcoin run. In a sense, Bitcoin is just the first “app”
I recently did a guest a blog for ID Experts regarding the cyber risks facing health insurers in the wake of the Anthem and Premera breaches. The post, “More Health Insurer Data Breaches Are Coming – What Can You Do to Prepare?,” provides an overview of what other health insurers can do to
It was a busy week for companies and government agencies struggling to combat the growing threat of cyber-attacks, with some bad news and some good news. Here’s what you need to know, and how we can help.
What you Need to know
First, the bad news:
Our guest is one of the most highly regarded cybercrime prosecutors in the country – John Lynch, the Chief of the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) in DOJ’s Criminal Division. Among other things, John talks about how DOJ is organized to investigate and prosecute cybercrime and about its efforts to strengthen partnerships with
Our guest this week is Dr. Phyllis Schneck, the Deputy Undersecretary for Cybersecurity for the Department of Homeland Security’s National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD). She and Marc Frey, Senior Director in Steptoe’s DC office and former Chief of Staff at DHS’s Office of Policy Development, discuss the status of cybersecurity legislation and DHS’s highest
Here we go again. A prominent company suffers a data breach. The company publicly alerts its customers. The company almost immediately finds itself the subject of inquiries from Congress and the target of investigations by regulators. Before long, class action lawyers will crank out complaints as if they’re Mad Libs, filling in the name of
In the wake of recent coverage of the “Magistrates Revolt,” BNA has published an article in which my colleague Will Drake and I argue that judges can exercise appropriate oversight of search warrants for digital evidence without imposing search protocols or requiring prosecutors to forego reliance on “plain view.”
LXBN TV interviewed me about the recently announced IRS rules on Bitcoin and the future of the virtual currency. The interview can be found here:
Last week the IRS announced that Bitcoin would be treated as property, rather than currency, for tax purposes. That means the virtual currency will be subject to very real capital gains taxes when used to make purchases. So is this good or bad for Bitcoin? Well, that depends on whether you view the glass on