Hackers

Email security has been a hot topic as of late, with last week’s news of a supposed breach of 272 million email usernames and passwords and recent statements made by a hacker who claims to have accessed Hillary Clinton’s private email server two years before the private server’s existence was first reported by the New York Times. In the latter story, the hacker known as “Guccifer” claims he correctly guessed Clinton confidant Sidney Blumenthal’s AOL password and used the hacked e [...]

According to a study by Cybersecurity firm Mandient, 80 of the largest 100 law firms in the United States have been hacked over the last several years. For many lawyers, this is old news; it’s assumed that IT staff has already done everything it can to address any possible security vulnerabilities. However, increased hacker sophistication has brought the emergence of new risks. Hackers are now targeting individuals, exploiting potential weaknesses such as pla [...]