Privacy Injunctions: The Judicial Response To Cyber Ransom Demands

Ransom demands from cyber terrorists have become an epidemic for businesses in Canada. As we have reported in previous articles, both for-profit and not-for profit businesses have been impacted. Governments and charities have not been spared from the destruction and threatened destruction of hackers engaged in extortion.

The blackmail has many forms, including:

1. Ransomware that denies access to business data and demands payment in return for a key;
2. Theft of business records, followed by ransom demands to ensure the information is not published on the internet;
3. Malicious and false allegations of criminality against legitimate businesses, with offers to refrain from publication on the internet in return for a ransom payment.