Cybercrime

Cabinet FÉRAL advises its clients on the prevention of and response to cybercrime.

Cybercrime can take various forms, from targeted attacks on data processing systems to the commission of traditional online offences (counterfeiting, identity theft, cyber stalking, fraud, etc.).

Cabinet FÉRAL assists its clients by providing them with personalised information on the risks specific to their situation and by advising them on the implementation of a cybersecurity strategy, with a view to preventing and managing these risks.

In addition to risk governance, Cabinet FÉRAL’s lawyers act for their clients in cyber crisis management, in the prosecution of offences of which they could be victims and in the implementation of corrective and remedial measures.

Recent experiences

1. Assistance from a law firm in the regulatory, civil and criminal proceedings following a computer attack;

2. Assisting an individual in criminal litigation relating to fraudulent investments in Bitcoin;

3. Assistance to a company specialised in offering products and services to companies and their employees, and to its director, victims of identity theft on social networks for the purpose of attempted fraud;

4. Assistance to a media group in the context of a criminal dispute relating to the provision of fraudulent IPTV subscriptions intended to allow unauthorised access to conditional access television service offers;

5. Assistance to a major conditional access television programme publisher in the context of a major dispute relating to the piracy of its encrypted channels and their content (in particular sports content), and their availability on the Internet free of charge and without its authorisation, involving major criminal sanctions and compensation claims, and accompanied by discussions on the methods of combating these frequent acts of infringement upstream;

6. Assistance to a minor accused of having participated in the creation and supply of a forum making music and audiovisual files and computer software available to Internet users without the authorisation of the rights holders. The sums claimed by the latter as damages were considerably reduced by the Juvenile Court in its judgment.

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