Regulators Speak At IAPP Breakfast Meeting In NYC

Some important takeaways to start your weekend:

Data Breach Incidents—Especially "Ransom" Incidents, are on the Rise—One panelist observed that the New York State Attorney General's Office received reports of approximately 900 data breach incidents during the past year alone.  There has been a significant increase in reports of "ransom" incidents, in which hackers break into a company's information systems, then threaten to damage the information system or use data they have accessed unless the company pays a sum of money to the hackers.  The reports made to the New York State Attorney General's Office are not publicly available, but it is not clear they whether would be accessible through a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request.