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After years of legislative debate, Congress passed a new law requiring key businesses to report certain data breaches—or “covered incidents”—to the government. Signed by President Biden on March 15, 2022, the law, part of the Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act, requires companies that operate critical infrastructure—financial institutions, utilities, and other organizations—to share information with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) about certain cybersecurity incidents within 72 hours and ransomware payments to cyber criminals within 24…

Brian Hengesbaugh is joined by Jessica Nall, partner in Baker McKenzie’s San Francisco/Palo Alto office. Jessica and Brian discuss the series of cybersecurity incidents former giant Yahoo experienced in 2013 and 2014, and Jessica’s lessons learned as a lead attorney representing individuals in those cases in the following government investigations in 2016. Listen in to hear: What went wrong in the case, and why those failures remain relevant todayHow companies can avoid becoming a target…