Drewtech Chapter 7: My Kingdom for a Horse – When your Systems are Held to Ransom

22 Jan 2021

In the epoch of information, the threat of malicious actors holding you to ransom by encrypting and denying access to your data is an ever-present one. This article discusses the immediate steps to be taken in the event of a ransomware attack, as well as possible implications under the Personal Data Protection Act.

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If you missed any of the chapters in our DrewTech series, you can read them below: 

1. Chapter 1: The Importance of an Exit Strategy in Tech Contracts
2. Chapter 2: Employees, technology and a legal hangover - bring your own problems?
3. Chapter 3: I host, you post, I get sued?
4. Chapter 4: Diabolus ex machina - Artificial (un)Intelligence and liability
5. Chapter 5: Bringing Hygiene Online - The MAS Notice on Cyber Hygiene
6. Chapter 6: Signing without signing – contactless contracts