The Insurer asked for disclosure orders requiring the operators of the exchange to provide specified information in relation to the crypto currency account owned or controlled by the second defendant. Norwich, Bankers Trust and Freezing Order Application There could also be a risk of copycat attacks on the Insurer and/or the Insured Customer.26 There would also be the risk of further cyber or revenge attacks on both the Insurer and the Insured Customer by persons unknown. If the hearing was held in public there is a strong likelihood that the object of the application would be defeated because it would potentially tip off the persons unknown to enable them to dissipate the bitcoins. The overarching purpose of the application was to assist the applicant in its efforts to recover the 109.25 bitcoins that were unlawfully extorted. The publicity would have defeated the object of the hearing. The Insured asked for an order that the hearing be conducted in private and for an anonymity order. An order that the hearing be conducted in private and for an anonymity order
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