Security News > 2020 > October > International law firm Seyfarth discloses ransomware attack
International law firm Seyfarth Shaw announced on Monday that it was the victim of a ransomware attack over the weekend.
The incident occurred on Saturday, with the company describing it as a "Sophisticated and aggressive malware attack." The timing is typical for cyber attacks, ransomware in particular, as companies have fewer employees working weekends.
In its notification about the attack, Seyfarth Shaw says that as far as they know, "a number of other entities were simultaneously hit with this same attack."
It is unclear how damaging this attack is, but Seyfarth Shaw says that they did not find evidence that the attackers accessed or stole client or company data.
Case in point: In June, REvil ransomware gang published an auction site for data stolen from celebrity law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks.
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