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Global Outlook: World Economic Forum’s warning on cyber challenges we all face

Analysis • March 25, 2024

Sasha Henry and Archie Millar summarise the cyber threats recently identified by the World Economic Forum What is the current state, and where are we going? From opportunistic ransomware to complex crime-as-a-service, threat actors have adapted their methodologies to facilitate enterprise scale attacks by monetising major business disruption. With increasing Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)…

What lies ahead in 2024 for the reform of the Computer Misuse Act?

Analysis • January 17, 2024

The Computer Misuse Act 1990 is intended to protect the integrity and security of computer systems and data through criminalising access to them that has not been authorised by the owner of the system or data….

Y2K Revisited

Analysis • November 29, 2023

Historical events have always influenced the law and legal practice, which by their nature must adapt to societal and technological changes. For this 50th Anniversary edition of the magazine, we revisit a time when computers were just becoming a fundamental part of everyday life, and how the Y2K Bug (and especially the reaction and response…

Cyber Crime in Transition: Threat impact and investigation strategies

Analysis • November 28, 2023

As 2023 starts to draw to a close, it is an appropriate time to take stock of the Cyber landscape as it is and more specifically, threat actors that have been prevalent over the past year. With lower barriers to entry and an expansive risk environment, the cost of cyber-crime has reached £6.6 billion, surpassing…

European Commission outlines strategies for data and artificial intelligence

February 21, 2020

Consultation on white paper on AI open until May 19 2020. BEUC calls for action to safeguard consumers….

ICO consults on their AI auditing framework draft guidance

February 19, 2020

Regulator wants the guidance to be “both conceptually sound and applicable to real life situations”. Closes 1st April….

From the SCL Chair: A Good Year for Tech Law?

February 10, 2020

Mark O’Conor talks about the Society’s plans for the year ahead, built around the theme ‘The Future Technology Lawyer’…

This Week’s Techlaw News Round-Up

February 7, 2020

ASA and CMA publish updated guidance on influencer advertising The Advertising Standards Authority and the Competition and Markets Authority have published their updated guidance on influencer marketing. It provides that the CMA can take action in relation to any influencer advertising for which payment is received. If a brand exercises editorial control over the influencer…

Disposals of cryptoassets, tax & the UKJT Legal Statement

January 29, 2020

Leigh Sagar looks at the mechanics and tax implications of cryptoasset disposals in the light of the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce Legal Statement on cryptoassets and smart contracts…

AA v Persons Unknown: Unmasking the Proprietary Status of Cryptoassets

January 28, 2020

In the first of three articles touching on the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce’s Legal Statement on Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts, published in November 2019, Laura Wright & Jonathan Schaffer-Goddard review Mr Justice Bryan’s judgment in AA v Persons Unknown, in which he considered the effect of the new guidance….