Double extortion – an emerging trend in ransomware attacks

Julian Hayes (+44 (0)20 7430 2277, jhayes@bcl.com) is a partner at BCL Solicitors LLP, specialising in all aspects of corporate crime and regulatory work. He has considerable experience of advising corporates on data protection and cybercrime issues.

Some cyber-attacks, like the Twitter hack in July 2020 [1], make headlines because of the A-list celebrity victims involved. Some, says Julian Hayes of BCL Solicitors, like the Yahoo breach first disclosed in 2013 [2], are high profile because of the staggering number of individuals whose personal data is jeopardised.