March 22, 2010, 12:39PM
Law Firms See Uptick As Cybercrime Targets
1 CommentCyber-criminals see law firms as particularly lucrative targets that can earn them hundreds of thousands of dollars per heist. Cyberspies also attack attorney firms to steal client data that can be sold or used to learn the details of future litigation. Read the full article. [SF Chronicle]
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Ok, so... this was most likely an inside job. I think it would be particularly interesting to see what truths are held from the public in the vaults of Law Firms. Calling for a world responce to "hackers" clearly serves to further close competative access and justify the hiding of secrets. Notice the examples are fringe unregulated businesses and not corporate patent or Federal DOD, and State Welfare where the real number of attacks are.