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ARTICLE · 28 APRIL 2022

Legal Q And A: Project Cybersecurity Liability

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Richard R. Volack, partner and chair of Peckar & Abramson's Cyber Security & Data Privacy practice, recently answered The Construction Broadsheet‘s readers' cybersecurity questions as part of the publication's "Legal Q&A" feature.

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Richard Volack

Richard R. Volack, partner and chair of Peckar & Abramson's Cyber Security & Data Privacy practice, recently answered The Construction Broadsheet's readers' cybersecurity questions as part of the publication's "Legal Q&A" feature.

The questions included:

  1. We are a subcontracting firm working on a large project, and most daily communication is handled via email. One of our superintendents fell victim to a phishing attack but did not realize it until those on his email list began receiving similar emails. A few ended up having their banking and other information compromised. Does our company have any liability for this? This situation is not addressed in our contract with the general contractor.

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