The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) and eleven other ministries jointly published the Cybersecurity Review Measures (Review Measures) on 13 April 2020. These replace the previous regulations on the security review of network products and services (click here for our comments on the previous regulations) and impose more stringent scrutiny over the cyber supply chain of critical information infrastructure … Read more
Cryptocurrency exchanges are a significant target for hackers, and there are numerous well-documented examples of significant amounts of cryptocurrency being taken in attacks. This frequently gives rise to issues of liability and recovery for the individuals who were holding their cryptocurrency with the exchange in question, and the precise basis on which the exchange is … Read more
Today the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Wm Morrisons Supermarkets Plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12, bringing to its conclusion a case which had the potential to alter significantly the data protection and cyber security litigation and class action landscape. The headline news is that Morrisons has been found not to be vicariously liable for the … Read more
The High Court has held that cryptoassets (in this case Bitcoin) can be treated as property under English law. As such, the owner of a cryptoasset can, in appropriate circumstances, avail itself of the various proprietary remedies that a court is able to grant. The practical significance here was that an insurer that had paid … Read more
There are a myriad cybersecurity issues that legal departments must concern themselves with, with proactivity being key to the safety of a business’s information. Speaking recently on a live webcast hosted by Lawyers Weekly — Security breaches: is your firm protected? — Telstra security consultant Keith Kerr said zero-day attacks refer to instances where legal … Read more
