Law firms and law departments have a fiduciary duty to protect client data. However, their mission to maintain the confidentiality of this sensitive information is challenged every day by emerging cyber threats. Law firms are an attractive target for cyber criminals because their client data is a treasure trove for personal healthcare information, financial information,… Read More
The Internet has been ablaze in the past week with articles and discussions about what appears to be the biggest data leak in history: 11.5 million documents (2.6 terabytes of information) that were leaked from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca—colloquially called the “Panama Papers.” This data leak is larger than WikiLeaks in 2010 and… Read More
“ALERT: “Criminal-Seeking-Hacker” Requests Network Breach for Insider Trading Operation” – read the title of a recent FBI alert sent to law firms. The mastermind at the root of this notice allegedly sought a hacker on an online forum to help him break into several large law firms. The attacker’s intent, apparently, was to gain access… Read More