Plainscapital Bank v. Hillary Machinery is one of the most unusual lawsuits in the history of cyber security law. Not only did the bank sue its customer, the victim (with no allegation that the customer was complicit with the cyber crime). But the customer struck back with effective, web-savvy public relations. This case is not over. Yet the experience shows how important public communications are to Internet security issues. http://legal-beagle.typepad.
"A Texas bank is suing a customer hit by an $800,000 cybertheft incident in a case that could test the extent to which customers should be held responsible for protecting . . . "
- http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9149218/Bank_sues_victim_of_800_000_cybertheft (view on Google Sidewiki)
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