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Law Firm Campbell Conroy & O'Neil Discloses Ransomware Attack

By Ionut Arghire for SecurityWeek
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

While the firm focused on personally identifiable information (PII) in its disclosure, it left details unclear on what sensitive client business data may have been exposed in the attack.

“The most valuable data at a law firm is certainly not PII as disclosed by the law firm in question. Smart cybercriminals are chasing for sensitive dossiers of wealthy or politically exposed customers, looking for attorney-client privileged information or other sensitive litigation-related data. Modern cyber gangs are well aware of it, moreover, in the Dark Web, there are dedicated channels to buy and sell data from compromised law firms,” Ilia Kolochenko, Founder of ImmuniWeb, told SecurityWeek in an emailed comment.

“Currently, law firms enjoy a very modest data protection regulation regime compared to such industries as banks or healthcare institutions, while processing data of the same or even higher sensitivity. We should expect a steady growth of sophisticated attacks against law firms in the near future,” Kolochenko added. Read Full Article


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