Hackers and Legal Information

AuthorShaunna Mireau
DateJanuary 06, 2015

In late 2014, during a meeting of my firm’s technology advisory group, I recall skeptically saying something like: “What hacker is actually going to target a law firm. We don’t store client credit card data, there are multiple layers of security on our servers, on our files and for employee personal information, I mean really, we are not Target or Home Depot.” Other members of our group did not agree with me.

Boy, was I mistaken. On December 31, 2014 the Law Society of BC issued a Fraud Alert titled BC law firm’s computer system hacked by extortionist.

Notices appeared on some of the firm’s computer monitors stating “Your files were encrypted and locked with a RSA2048 key.” The firm was advised to contact an address within 12 hours and pay an extortion fee to have the encryption...

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