"A hacker [Clop] claims to have stolen files belonging to the global law firm Jones Day and posted many of them on the dark web ... Jones Day, in a statement, disputed that its network has been breached. The statement said that a file-sharing company that it has used was recently compromised and had information taken." - The Wall Street Journal, February 16, 2021.
The hacker going by the handle "Clop" has, as is standard, released documents which are claimed to be obtained during the hack. Among them were a supposed memo to a judge marked "confidential mediation brief" and a supposed cover letter for enclosed confidential documents.
At this time, The Wall Street Journal has not verified if the documents are authentic, that is, lifted from the files of Jones Day.
But those were just the tip of the iceberg, to apply that cliche. The Wall Street Journal also was able to see myriad other documents - the files large in size - which were alleged to have been housed at Jones Day. Clop indicated they too were posted on the dark web.
If Clop really pulled off what he or she claims, the clients of Jones Day, including former U.S. President Donald Trump, should be plenty worried.
More and more when law firms pitch for new business they have to present their proposal for cybersecurity.
UPDATE:
"Jones Day is the second major law firm in two weeks to have private data exposed as a result of a breach at Accellion, which provides file transfer and other services for a number of firms. Goodwin Procter said Feb. 2 that certain client and employee data was also left unprotected." - Chris Opfer, Bloomberg Law, February 16, 2021.
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