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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Cyber Attacks Demand Rapid Response, ACC Panel Says

By Sheri Qualters
November 02, 2015

Be ready and act fast. That's the advice a panel on cybersecurity attacks at the Association of Corporate Counsel's annual meeting last month told in-house lawyers.'

'The amount of time companies have to respond is shrinking,' said Miriam Wugmeister, a New York partner at Morrison & Foerster who moderated the panel. Wugmeister, whose practice includes privacy and data security, noted that Target Corp. notified 40 million people in four days after its 2013 data breach. Target is a client of Morrison & Foerster.

'That's where the bar has been set,' Wugmeister said.

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