TalkTalk hack attack: Friends jailed for cyber crimes – BBC News
‘Two friends who took part in a £77m hack on the TalkTalk website have been jailed.’
BBC News, 19th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: computer crime
Landmark jail sentence for man who stole client data for CMCs – Legal Futures
‘A man who passed on thousands of an accident repair company’s customer records to claims management companies has been jailed in a landmark prosecution.’
Legal Futures, 13th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Law Society: Cyber-criminals targeting more small firms – Legal Futures
‘Small law firms are increasingly being targeted by cyber-criminals, but very few attacks are actually succeeding, new research has found.’
Legal Futures, 2nd October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
£7m win for Chinese company in first ‘persons unknown’ freezing order – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The High Court has awarded the UK arm of natural resources company China Molybdenum Company (CMOC) £7m, in a case in which a worldwide freezing injunction against “persons unknown” was approved for the first time.’
Law Society's Gazette, 26th September 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Banks subject to UK disclosures on security and outage incidents – OUT-LAW.com
‘Rules requiring banks to publically disclose how often they have had to report major operational and security incidents have taken effect in the UK.’
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd August 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
The scale and drivers of attrition in reported fraud and cyber crime – Home Office
‘Outlines findings from a research study looking at the level of attrition in fraud and cyber crime cases reported to Action Fraud..’
Home Office, 16th July 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
World-class fraud and cybercrime court approved for London’s Fleetbank house site – Ministry of justice
‘A new flagship court specifically designed to tackle cybercrime, fraud, and economic crime will reinforce the UK’s reputation as a world-leading legal centre, the Lord Chancellor will announce tonight (Wednesday 4 July).’
Ministry of justice, 4th July 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Bible Society fined £100k for cyber hack of 417,000 Christian backers – Daily Telegraph
‘The Bible Society has been fined £100,000 over computer security failings that allowed hackers to access the personal details of more than 400,000 mainly Christian backers.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Cyber and International Law in the 21st Century – Attorney General’s Office
‘The Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC MP this morning set out the UK’s position on applying international law to cyberspace. This is the first time a Government Minister has set out the UK view on record.’
Attorney General’s Office, 23rd May 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
Computer hacker who stole customers’ data from hundreds of top companies facing jail – Daily Telegraph
‘A computer hacker who stole customers’ data from more than 100 companies worldwide before selling the information to criminals on the dark web is facing years in jail.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd May 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lauri Love case: US abandons extradition case – BBC News
‘Efforts to extradite alleged computer hacker Lauri Love have been abandoned by US authorities.’
BBC News, 19th February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Forum Bar: it does exist — Bruno Min – UK Human Rights Blog
‘n 5th February 2018 the Divisional Court gave judgment in Love v USA [2018] EWHC 172 (Admin), holding that the forum bar operated against the extradition of Lauri Love to the United States to face charges of making a series of cyber-attacks on the computer networks of private companies and US Government agencies. This is the first reported case in which the ‘forum bar’ has been applied to block an extradition.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 9th February 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
British hacker Lauri Love wins fight against extradition to US – Daily Telegraph
‘British hacker Lauri Love has won his legal battle after fearing he would be extradited to the US.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Government response on the Cyber Security consultation – Technology Law Update
‘The Government has now published a response to its consultation the Network and Information Security Directive (also known as the Cybersecurity Directive). We provided feedback to the consultation back in September on many of the points addressed in the response, and welcome some valuable improvements to the proposals.’
Technology Law Update, 29th January 2018
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
Hacker admits international cyber attacks – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A hacker who was responsible for thousands of cyber-attacks on firms around the world including Skype and Google has been jailed for two years.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 18th January 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Hacker sentenced for cyber-attacks on high-profile companies – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A teenage hacker who helped others to target high profile companies such as Virgin, O2, NatWest Bank and Netflix has been sentenced after facilitating cyber-attacks that crashed their websites.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th December 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Employer liable for disgruntled employee’s deliberate data breach – Technology Law Blog
‘WM Morrisons Supermarket plc have been held liable to 5,518 of their employees for a deliberate data breach by a rogue employee, Andrew Skelton.’
Technology Law Update, 19th December 2017
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
Data breach management: how not to do it – Technology Law Blog
‘The theft of personal data by malicious employees or third parties does not have to be a disaster. With appropriate PR and legal advice, and proactive engagement and input from senior management, an organisation can minimise the negative consequences and may even be able to strengthen client relationships. The key is transparency – you to need to own the breach, and demonstrate a proactive, strong response.’
Technology Law Blog, 23rd November 2017
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
Jail for men who tried to defraud and blackmail solicitors – Legal Futures
‘Two men who were part of an organised fraud network that conned solicitors and others out of over £300,000, as well as a man who tried to blackmail a law firm to pay over €10,000 for the return of data stolen from its systems, have been sent to prison.’
Legal Futures, 21st November 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
