Recently, a US federal magistrate judge recommended the dismissal of a female’s lawsuit against famous soccer player - Cristiano Ronaldo. The recommended dismissal is largely because her attorneys relied on confidential documents obtained through a hacker. In the 6 October ruling, the federal magistrate warned of “far-reaching, dangerous consequences on the legitimacy of the judicial process” if “hacked privileged documents” become “fair game for an attorney to use to create and prosecute the
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It is clearly proven on a daily/hourly basis that cyber-attacks will not slow down; with ransomware leading the hacker’s choice of malware techniques. So, who really loses in these attacks? In most cases, the business and corporate owners. A million dollar ransom of frozen networks, even if negotiated down, will put many companies on their heels, if not out of business.
A pair of recent lawsuits have been filed on behalf of former and current Scripps Health (Scripps) patients, who allege the
