LABSCon23 Replay | Send Lawyers, ‘Garchs, and Money | By Elizabeth Wharton

Allegations of oligarch elections meddling and influence is old news as we head into 2024. While prosecutors focus on the money trail in building threat intelligence-based cases for indictment, don’t overlook oligarch-funded lawyers with creative delay and distracting defense tactics. From twisting data privacy laws to using funds for Slapp libel cases to leaking legal discovery, we’ll dissect a series of US and UK cases where oligarchs throw lawyers and money as curveballs to thwart influence and cybercrime prosecutions. We’ll also look at ways to further leverage these cases as opportunities for closing policy gaps and for open source intelligence data gathering.

This presentation was featured live at LABScon 2023, an immersive 3-day conference bringing together the world’s top cybersecurity minds, hosted by SentinelOne’s research arm, SentinelLabs.