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Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) Cyber Attacks

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

New Bill Proposes that Americans Should Be Able to Sue Foreign Hackers

The Homeland and Cyber Threat Act (HACT) was introduced in the U.S. House on March 12, 2021. This bill would allow U.S. citizens to sue foreign governments, agents and officials and to collect monetary damages for personal...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Getting back when HACT: Congress’s idea to provide redress to recent cyberattacks

Amidst the ever-worsening onslaught of cyberattacks, companies are longing to go on the offensive, whether by “hacking-back” or by going after malicious actors in United States courts. While Congress has previously refused to...more

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