DOJ Cybercrime Watchdog’s First Settlement Signals Crackdown on Small Businesses

The U.S. Justice Department’s new Civil-Cyber Fraud Initiative announced its first settlement last month in a novel action that brought false claims allegations over infosec failures against, notably, a sole proprietor. The case, which resulted in a nearly $300,000 penalty for the Florida-based web hosting company Jelly Bean Communications Design and its one full-time employee, suggests that the federal government’s clampdown on cybersecurity lapses and misdeeds will spare no offenders, irrespective of size.  
 
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