A U.S.-based independent cybersecurity journalist has declined to comply with a U.K. court-ordered injunction that was sought following their reporting on a recent cyberattack at U.K. private healthcare giant HCRG.
Law firm Pinsent Masons, which served the February 28 court order on behalf of HCRG, demanded that DataBreaches.net “take down” two articles that referenced the ransomware attack on HCRG. The law firm’s notice to DataBreaches.net, which TechCrunch has seen, stated that the accompanying injunction was “obtained by HCRG” at the High Court of Justice in London to “prevent the publication or disclosure of confidential data stolen during a recent ransomware cyberattack.”
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