From Musk’s Twitter saga to FTX crash, cyber law concerns keep evolving

How do centuries-old concepts like negligence and breach of contract and things like that apply to modern fact patterns involving ransomware and stolen data? What might have seemed reasonable form a negligence standpoint five, six years ago is different today. — Image by Freepik

It’s been a weird couple of weeks for security and stability on the internet, thanks to Elon Musk’s glitchy Twitter takeover and the implosion of cryptocurrency company FTX.

Pretty good time, then, for a lawyer like Joe Swanson to jump into action.