Cybercrime

Cybercrime

Our highly specialised, cross departmental cybercrime group advises clients in relation to cyber security breaches, data theft, blackmail scenarios and follow on litigation. We help clients conduct large scale internal investigations, deal with the regulatory bodies as well as manage any resulting actions and damage to corporate reputations.
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We often team with cyber security specialists such as technical consultants and PR agencies to help prevent regulatory and PR disasters by combining the correct legal, public affairs and technical advice. We provide a truly unique cyber-investigation service.

We also help put in place new systems and procedures to mitigate against further attacks.

We are best placed to conduct large scale internal investigations and advise on preventative measures and crisis management from a legal perspective.

Stephenson Harwood is highlighted for its 'technical knowledge, extensive experience and practical approach', and its responsiveness is 'impressive to say the least'

The Legal 500 UK 2017

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Jonathan Kirsop Partner

T:  +44 20 7809 2121
M:  +44 7554 403 022 Email Jonathan | Vcard Office:  London

Lawyer

Ben Sigler Partner

T:  +44 20 7809 2919
M:  +44 7584 237 401 Email Ben | Vcard Office:  London

Latest news & insights

28 Mar 2017

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Data Protection update - March 2017

Data protection coverage this month includes: reports that the Italian Data Protection Office has issued the EU's highest ever fines for a data protection breach and N..

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28 Feb 2017

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Data Protection update - February 2017

Data protection coverage this month includes: the approval of Google's model contractual clauses by the EU Commission and the entry into force of the EU-US Umbrella Ag..

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26 Jan 2017

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Data Protection update - December 2016 / January 2017

Data protection coverage this month includes: the probable effect of a recent ECJ ruling on the so-called Snooper's Charter and the new draft regulation on privacy and..

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29 Nov 2016

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Data Protection update - November 2016

Data protection coverage this month includes: the passage of the Investigatory Powers Bill through the Houses of Parliament, challenges to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield i..

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28 Oct 2016

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Data Protection update - October 2016

Coverage this month includes: the High Court's ruling on SARs and disclosure of third party data, a US class-action data protection lawsuit, a data breach by a US firm..

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27 Sep 2016

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Data Protection update - September 2016

Coverage this month includes: the European Commission report on the E-Privacy Direct consultation, model clauses released by the Singapore regulator, and changes to Wh..

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31 Aug 2016

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Data Protection update - August 2016

Coverage this month includes: the European Commission report on the E-Privacy Direct consultation, model clauses released by the Singapore regulator, and changes to Wh..

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29 Jul 2016

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Data Protection update - July 2016

Coverage this month includes the adoption of Privacy Shield, a key development in the case of Google v Vidal-Hall and legal issues for Microsoft in the US and France. ..

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30 Jun 2016

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Data Protection update - June 2016

Coverage this month includes: our analysis of the result of last week’s EU Referendum, and the effect "Brexit" would have on the data protection landscape in the UK, c..

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10 Feb 2016

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Fraud prevention: lessons from 2015 - Hacking and cybercrime

Website and database attacks became a growing and increasingly public problem throughout 2015. It is apparent that many attacks and the resulting data loss could have ..

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10 Feb 2016

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Fraud prevention: lessons from 2015 - Email scams

In 2015 we saw a significant growth in high value email scams. A key step in preventing these frauds is to ensure payment and anti-fraud policies are resilient, updat..

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