Cybercrime

A £5bn Bitcoin haul has thrown victims’ rights into sharp focus. In this week's NLJ, Gary Pons, Sarah Wood and Barnaby Hone of 5 St Andrew’s Hill examine how UK law tackles cryptoassets under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

Legal aid lawyers have welcomed increased fees for criminal, housing and immigration work

Cyber resilience goes beyond documentation. Businesses should stress-test their response in real time, writes Jack Morris

Paper cyber-incident plans are useless once ransomware strikes, argues Jack Morris of Epiq in NLJ this week

The hacked Legal Aid Agency (LAA) IT system for logging work and making payments will be down for at least another month, lawyers have been told

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) data breach is worse than previously thought, it emerged last week

MPs have launched an inquiry into access to justice, including the potential for an ‘access to justice fund levy’

Law firms and chambers are prime targets for increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks. With sensitive data, time-critical work, and client funds at stake, the consequences of a breach can be catastrophic. Writing in NLJ this week, Tom Pelham and Sam Lunn of Kennedys stress the importance of cyber insurance and having a robust incident response plan in place

How should the legal sector prepare for & react to cyberattacks? Tom Pelham & Sam Lunn explain

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) online portal is still offline following the cyber-attack in April