-
How Elon Musk’s DOGE Cuts Leave a Vacuum That China Can Fill
The Department of Government Efficiency is shuttering organizations that Beijing worried about most, or actively sought to subvert.
-
Here’s What 6 Voters Think of Trump’s Latest Actions
The first months of President Trump’s second term have been characterized by a flurry of activity. The New York Times talked with several voters about their reactions to some of the latest measures.
-
What Is DOGE and Who Runs It? Trump Says One Thing, Government Lawyers Say Another.
The Department of Government Efficiency described in court filings bears little resemblance to the no-holds-barred approach taken by Elon Musk and praised by President Trump.
-
Trump’s Attempts to Resolve Global Conflicts Quickly Face Diplomatic Reality
Allies say the foreign policy version of “flood the zone” is working. But critics argue that the hurry-up approach in Israel, Ukraine and Iran may not lead to stable, durable solutions to conflicts around the world.
-
AI Governance: The Problem of Shadow AI
If you hang out with CISOs like I do, shadow IT has always been a difficult problem. Shadow IT refers to refers to “information technology (IT) systems deployed by departments other than the central IT department, to bypass limitations and restrictions that have been imposed by central information systems….By: Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider
-
Joint Alert Warns of Medusa Ransomware
On March 12, 2025, a joint cybersecurity advisory was issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center to advise companies about the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs), and indicators of compromise (IOCs) to protect themselves against Medusa ransomware….By: Robinson+Cole Data Privacy +…
-
D.C. Circuit Court Rules That Artificial Intelligence Cannot Solely Author Copyrightable Works
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently affirmed that artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be the sole author on a copyright-registered work, but questions still remain as to the future of AI authorship….By: Baker Donelson
-
Privacy Tip #436 – Microsoft Warns of Crypto Wallet Scanning Malware StilachiRAT
A Microsoft blog post reported that incident response researchers uncovered a remote access trojan in November 2024 (dubbed StilachiRAT) that “demonstrates sophisticated techniques to evade detection, persist in the target environment, and exfiltrate sensitive data.”…By: Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider
-
Another Chinese Court Finds that AI-Generated Images Can Be Protected by Copyright: The Changshu People’s Court and the ‘Half Heart’ Case
On 7 March 2025, the Changshu People’s Court (in China’s Jiangsu province) announced that it had recently concluded a case on the topical issue of whether AI-generated works can be protected by copyright. In the case, a plaintiff surnamed Lin used the AI tool Midjourney to create an image, and then Photoshop to further refine…
-
Lafayette Federal Credit Union Provides Notice of Data Breach Following September 2024 Cyberattack
On March 20, 2025, Lafayette Federal Credit Union (“LFCU”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of California after discovering that an unauthorized party gained access to an LFCU employee’s email account. In this notice, LFCU explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive information….By:…
