<ul><li>A U.S.-based independent cybersecurity journalist has declined to comply with a U.K. court-ordered injunction to take down articles related to a recent cyberattack on U.K. private healthcare giant HCRG.</li><li>The law firm representing HCRG demanded the takedown of the articles to prevent publication or disclosure of confidential data stolen in the ransomware attack.</li><li>The journalist, operating under the pseudonym Dissent Doe, refused to remove the posts, citing that the reporting is lawful under the First Amendment in the United States and that DataBreaches.net is not subject to the jurisdiction of the U.K. injunction.</li><li>The legal demand reveals how U.K. law can be used to issue legal demands to remove critical or embarrassing stories.</li></ul>

Hacked health firm HCRG demanded journalist ‘take down’ data breach reporting, citing UK court order

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