Unknown individuals had hacked in to CMOC’s systems and sent forged payment instructions to CMOC’s bank, resulting in the fraudulent diversion of millions of pounds into bank accounts held by a large number of international and overseas banks, operating across multiple jurisdictions. CMOC v Persons Unknown [2018] EWHC 2230 (Comm) is a landmark case because it is the first time that the High Court has granted a worldwide freezing injunction against alleged anonymous perpetrators involving cyber fraud in England and Wales. Up until this point, injunctions against ‘persons unknown’...