Hackers Stole Private Information of More than 50,000 Clients From a Philly-Based Law Firm, Lawsuits Say

Hackers stole private information of more than 50,000 clients from a Philly-based law firm, lawsuits say

The suit accuses Blank Rome of failing to adequately protect sensitive client information, including Social Security numbers and medical records.

Blank Rome Hit With Two Class Actions After Data Breach Exposes 57,000 Clients

One might say that Blank Rome got hacked. But “hacked” would be doing a lot of heavy lifting in that case. It’s not like anybody cracked the firewall, deployed a zero-day, or spent a month tunneling through the firm’s defenses while taunting the IT team. Someone picked up a phone on May 21, called a Blank Rome attorney, said some version of “hi, this is IT,” and asked them to upload the client files to an external Google Drive. And then they jus…

Hackers stole private information of more than 50,000 clients from a Philadelphia-based law firm, lawsuits say

Cybercriminals duped a Blank Rome attorney into sharing the personal information of 57,554 former and current clients, two federal lawsuits filed Monday say. The firm, which is headquartered in Philadelphia and has 15 other offices nationwide, ...

Simple Human Error Leads to Major Blank Rome Data Breach

Blank Rome is facing proposed class actions after a cyberattack of what appears to be a brazen and blatant 'attack', exposed sensitive personal information belo

Class Actions Against Law Firms for Data Breaches Are Shifting

Class actions against law firms for data breaches are shifting. And not in a good way for the law firms involved, as the Blank Rome case illustrates. The post Class Actions Against Law Firms for Data Breaches Are Shifting: Cybersecurity Trends appeared first on eDiscovery Today by Doug Austin.