Injunctive relief for company blackmailed by anonymous hacker (PML v Person(s) Unknown)

Table of contents

• What are the practical implications of the judgment?
• What was the background?
• What did the court decide?

Article summary

Dispute Resolution analysis: Richard Munden, barrister at 5RB, examines a High Court decision to restrain an unknown defendant from publishing data he had stolen when he hacked into the claimant company’s computer system, and which he was threatening to disclose unless it paid him a ransom. The court also ordered the defendant to identify himself (a self-identification order).