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Attorney Collin Walke talks with Hollywood Reporter - Hollywood Fears of a Major Hack Are Growing
July 2024
Hollywood Reporter
The rationale for all of those hacks was much clearer: cash.
“The vast majority of this is all about dollars and cents, it’s not about inherently making a statement,” says Collin Walke, an attorney with the firm Hall Estill who specializes in cybersecurity issues. “Sure, on some occasions it may be, and on some occasions maybe it’s national security, but in the vast majority of these instances, it’s dollars.”
“Everybody needs to realize that storage of this data presents huge risks to everyone, because with AI, hackers are now able to assist in that data much quicker and make connections between individuals or embarrassing moments much quicker as well,” Walke says.
“So many of these companies like AT&T are using third-party cloud service providers,” Walke says. “These third parties say, ‘We’ll keep your data safe and secure.’ Well, I’m glad you got a piece of paper, but what are you doing to verify it?”
Collin R. Walke leads national law firm Hall Estill’s Cybersecurity and Data Privacy practice. Prior to joining the firm, he served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2016-2022 as the State Representative for House District 87.
