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More Legal Records Stolen in 2023 Than Previous 5 Years Combined

ID: c95ddfdf-76a0-58ce-96d2-2209085f8594

STIX ID: report--c95ddfdf-76a0-58ce-96d2-2209085f8594

Feed Name: Dark Reading

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2024-08-01

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Nate Nelson, Contributing Writer

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2023 was a historically bad year for cybersecurity in the legal sector, with 138 publicly reported ransomware incidents since 2018 affecting about 2.9 million records; law firms have faced multimillion-dollar ransom demands and consequential impacts including downtime costs, bankruptcies, lawsuits, and reputational harm, while early 2024 reporting shows a decline in publicly reported incidents possibly due to enforcement and improved defenses.

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