14 DAY TRIAL // Following the hack of 4 New Square Chambers, the company won a court order preventing the hackers from publishing stolen data from a prior cyberattack, according to The Register.
The attack carried on June 12 is essentially a breach that stole private data from the company. As expected, the cybercriminals threatened to make public all information gathered. The plot twists is that judge Mrs. Justice Steyn issued a provisional injunction prohibiting the cybercriminals from using, publishing, or communicating to any party regarding the stolen data or sections of it.
Despite the fact that the injunction return deadline is this Friday, no data appears to have been disclosed on the dark web hacker forums yet. This type of response has never occurred before, and it will be very fascinating to watch if it sets a precedent. While highly unlikely, everyone is curious if hackers will back down on their ransom demands and avoid revealing the stolen data.
It's hard to believe that an English civil court could accomplish something that several cybersecurity agencies have failed to
We cannot predict the impact of this court order because cybercriminals have begun to launch more large-scale attacks against Western countries disregarding the United States and European Union efforts on the matter.
The most powerful cybercriminal groups engaged in ransomware attacks are concentrated in geographical areas such as Iran and North Korea, with the majority of them based in Russia. All of these countries have one thing in common: they do not enforce U.K. court orders.
They don't appear to mind if they target a country's key infrastructure, and their cyberattacks continue to evolve as time passes and they gain more experience. In fact, it seems they are emboldened by the knowledge that large corporations who fall victims have begun to pay their demanded ransoms.