The most dangerous AI at your firm might be the one you drove to work.

Modern vehicles collect voice, location, call audio, and contact data through connected infotainment systems. None of those data terms were written with attorney-client privilege in mind.

https://zacharyperlman.com/car-ai-confidentiality

#LegalTech #AIGovernance #LawFirms #AttorneyClientPrivilege #Privacy #AI #ProfessionalResponsibility #ABAOpinion512

📣🚨 Silent Ransom Group, the cybercrime syndicate named in FBI advisories, is now using a fast flux botnet to hide data leak sites while targeting law firms with data theft and vishing.

Read: https://hackread.com/silent-ransom-group-fast-flux-botnet-leak-sites/

#Cybersecurity #DataBreach #SilentRansomGroup #LawFirms #Cybercrime

FBI Warns Law Firms of Silent Ransom Group's In-Person Data Heists

The FBI is sounding the alarm for US-based law firms after the Silent Ransom Group, a notorious data-extortion gang, claimed over 100 attacks - with a recent surge in activity that's left experts on high alert. This group's twist? They're using in-person tactics, combined with social engineering, to get their hands on sensitive data.

https://osintsights.com/fbi-warns-law-firms-of-silent-ransom-groups-in-person-data-heists?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#SilentRansomGroup #Ransomware #DataExtortion #LawFirms #Russia

FBI Warns Law Firms of In-Person Extortion Tactics by Silent Ransom Group

The FBI is sounding the alarm for US law firms, warning them of a growing threat from the Silent Ransom Group, which targets the legal industry for its highly sensitive data and uses in-person extortion tactics. This group has been linked to a string of incidents, and the FBI is urging law firms to be vigilant.

https://osintsights.com/fbi-warns-law-firms-of-in-person-extortion-tactics-by-silent-ransom-group?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#SilentRansomGroup #LawFirms #DataExtortion #InpersonExtortion #EmergingThreats

“In contrast, #Mike is #OpenSource #software meaning it is free to download and customise. It also means that using the software carries #security and #liability #risks, potentially deterring #law firms from using the tool.

Worth $15 billion and $8 billion, respectively, #Harvey and #Legora have come to dominate the legal corner of the AI universe, with all of #Australia’s top eight #LawFirms subscribing to one or both.

Mike was built as a direct challenge to their iron grip, according to its founder #WilliamChen, a former #JuniorLawyer at top-ranked US law firm Latham & Watkins, who used existing #AITools to #VibeCode” his new app.”

Cheap to use. No maintenance, support, documentation or verification that it works. Law is by definition cautious and regressive. Some law firm will try it, fail and be pushed out of an Industry where reputation to win comes before price.

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