Timeline of facts as presented by Respondent

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    Cyberattack suffered by Respondent

    An attack managed to overcome Respondent’s cybercrime protections and to infest the laptop of a person in the sales department. As required by Article 34 of the Data Protection Act of Equatoriana, Respondent immediately informed Claimant about that attack and the potential data breach. (Respondent Exhibit R 1)
  • Respondent informed Claimant about the cyberattack

    E-mail by William Toyoda (Head of purchasing at Visionic) informing the Claimant about the suffered cyberattack
  • Claimant responded to the communication

    E-mail by Li Worry (Head of sale and purchasing at SensorX) to William Toyoda (Visionic) in response about the cyberattack suffered by Respondent.
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    SensorX praised its new cybersecurity

    New cybersecurity officer at SensorX praised in an article the new cybersecurity concept adopted by SensorX.
  • Claimant did not inform Respondent

    Claimant did not inform Respondent about the attack suffered.
  • E-mail regarding the new bank account

    Mr Royce received the e-mail by Telsa regarding the new bank account and was not aware of the attack suffered by Claimant. Mr Royce tried to contact Telsa Audi via her mobile but her voicemail said she was on sick and that in urgent matters a colleague should be contacted.
  • Telsa Audi confirmed the new indications

    Telsa Audi, after not answering phone calls, answered the e-mail by Royce and confirmed that the payment had to be done to another bank account.
  • Article on 'Automotive Weekly'

    Article on ‘Automotive Weekly’ about the cyberattack suffered by Claimant, describing it in a more serious way then Claimant did in the statement of facts.
  • Witness statement of William Toyoda

    Witness statement of William Toyoda