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Posts tagged Ransom Payment
The Gold at the End of the Rainbow?
The Gold at the End of the Rainbow?

Handley Gill summarises and comments on the government’s proposals for a targeted ban on ransomware payments in the context of a wider ransomware payment prevention and incident reporting regime in the Home Office’s consultation, raising concern that the proposals should be considered in the context of a wider programme to promote the UK’s cybersecurity and resilience.

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Nicola CainCyber Security, Cyber resilience of the UK's critical national infrastructure (CNI), Cyber Resilience, Ransomware, Ransom Payment, Cyber Attack, Incident Response, Incident Reporting, Public Sector, Critical National Infrastructure, Incident Management, Data Breach, Data Breach Response, Sanctions, Cyber Sanctions, Cyber Security & Resilience Bill, Security of Network & Information Systems Regulations, NIS Regulations, Cybersecurity & Resilience BillComment
CrapITa
CrapITa

Handley Gill’s data protection consultants consider recent supply chain cyber attacks, including the unfolding of the recent Capita and Zellis / MOVEit data breaches, and identify the steps data controllers should take when engaging data processors as part of their supply chain or giving third parties access to personal data, and the lessons to be learned for vendor management throughout the data processing lifecycle.

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Nicola CainData Protection, Personal Data, Information Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Resilience, Cyber Attack, Data Breach, Supply Chain Risk, Supply Chain Security, Vendor Management, Capita, UK GDPR, UK GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION, DATA PROTECTION ACT 2018, Information Commissioner, Information Commissioner's Office, ICO, Pensions Regulator, Financial Conduct Authority, FCA, Data subjects, Compensation, Data litigation, Ransom, Ransom Payment, Department for Science Innovation & Technology, DSIT, Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2023, Article 25(1) UK GDPR, Article 25(1) GDPR, Data Controller, Data Processor, Data Processing Agreement, DPA, Data Processing, Article 28 GDPR, Article 28 UK GDPR, Article 32 GDPR, Article 32 UK GDPR, Cyber Insurance, Cyber Insurance Cover, Liability, Data protection impact assessment, DPIA, Administrative fine, Monetary penalty, Article 82(3) UK GDPR, Article 82(3) GDPR, Regulatory Action Policy, Article 33 UK GDPR, Article 33 GDPR, Article 34 UK GDPR, Data Breach Notification, Breach Response Plan, Incident Response Plan, Injunction, Injunctive Relief, Article 82 GDPR, Article 82 UK GDPR, CVE-2023-34362Comment
Your money... and your life?
Your money... and your life?

New cyber sanctions imposed by the UK and US governments against Russian nationals expose victims of ransomware, and their individual directors and officers, to criminal liability in the event that ransom payments are made.

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Nicola CainRansom, Ransomware, Sanctions, Cyber Sanctions, Ransom Payment, Russia, Ukraine, Sophos State of Ransomware 2022 white paper, Information Commissioner, ICO, Home Secretary, Priti Patel, CyberUK Conference 2021, NCSC, National Cyber Security Centre, NCA, National Crime Agency, OFSI, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Cyber Attack, Cyber Crime, Data Breach, Data Loss, Conti, Conti ransomware, Personal Data, Data Protection, UK Sanctions List, Guidance on Ransomware & Financial Sanctions, HM Treasury, Directors Duties, Directors' Duties, Criminal Offence, Criminal Liability, Cyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, SI 2020/597, Sanctions & Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, Designated Person, Cryptocurrency, Virtual assets, Due Diligence, Trickbot, Ransomware Victim, CPS, Crown Prosecution Service, Malware, Data Controller, Data ProcessorComment