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Podcast: New York City Bar Association Podcast
Episode: Ransomware - Law Bits and Bytes - 44th Street Podcast
Description: Host Tim Peterson and Jeremy Merkel, both members of the City Bar’s Information Technology & Cyber Law Committee, discuss the legal implications of the recent upsurge in ransomware attacks, particularly against healthcare providers.
1:38 - Intro to Ransomware
3:06 – Scenario: Paying the Ransom
6:43 - Alternate Scenario: Contacting the FBI
8:45 - Iranian SamSam Attacks
11:02 - Significance of DOJ indictments
11:53 – Factors in Target Selection
12:33 – Vulnerability of Healthcare Providers
13:50 – Role of Bitcoin in Ransomware Attacks
19:30 - Cryptopayments to Terrorists, Acts of War, and Cyberinsurance
23:56 - Cyberforensics and International Legislative Solutions
25:27 – The Allscripts Attack and Other Attacks on Healthcare Providers
29:06 - Effects Under GDPR, HIPPA, and Other Data P...