Kellen Dwyer

Kellen Dwyer is a partner at Alston & Bird and co-chair of the firm’s National Security & Digital Crimes Team. He served in the Justice Department for seven years, first as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, where he prosecuted computer hacking and national security cases, then as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the National Security Division, where he was in charge of the legal policy and appellate sections.

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Cyber & Technology

The Fallout From the First Trial of a Corporate Executive for ‘Covering Up’ a Data Breach

Kellen Dwyer Wed, Oct 19, 2022, 8:16 AM

The Justice Department should issue guidance to clarify the line between covering up a data breach and merely declining to disclose it.

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Cybersecurity and Deterrence

How to Fight Foreign Hackers With Civil Litigation

Kellen Dwyer, Kim Peretti, Emily Skahill Fri, May 13, 2022, 8:01 AM

Major tech companies have begun to employ Microsoft’s strategy of suing cybercriminals who operate major botnets or engage in massive phishing schemes.

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Department of Justice

It’s Time to Surge Resources Into Prosecuting Ransomware Gangs

Kellen Dwyer Thu, May 20, 2021, 8:01 AM

The Justice Department needs a “troop surge” of cyber prosecutors and agents to conduct long-term, proactive investigations into ransomware gangs and the organizations that enable them.

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