evacide3d ago

I cannot overemphasize to you how often law firms are targeted by hackers, sometimes employed by opposing parties in cases they are working on, and how profoundly unprepared most law firms are to defend themselves.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/11/politics/chinese-hackers-suspected-law-firm-hack

Chinese hackers suspected in breach of powerful DC law firm

Suspected Chinese hackers have broken into the email accounts of attorneys and advisers at a powerful Washington, DC, law firm in an apparent intelligence-gathering operation, the firm, Wiley Rein, told clients this week in a memo reviewed by CNN.

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@evacide You usually think they're after DoD, or trade secrets. I never really thought about lawyers, but they do hold secrets, especially in D.C., and are unlikely to have hardened their systems. Now that you mention it, this is probably the tip of the iceberg.
Jul 12 at 2:40pmWeb