The government’s announcement of renewed emphasis on cybersecurity enforcement has spawned recent million-dollar enforcement actions. Continued government attention on cybersecurity promises a treacherous enforcement environment in 2023 and beyond.

Several recent government initiatives have focused on cybersecurity enforcement.  Towards the end of 2021, the Department of Justice announced a Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative to use the

While the federal government has relied on the False Claims Act (FCA) to combat fraud across a range of sectors since 1986, in 2022, the Department of Justice set its sights on new enforcement priorities, including fraud in the cybersecurity realm. In October 2021, DOJ announced its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative, dedicated to using the FCA