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Law firms among new targets of cyberscammers

By Richard Binder

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In January of this year, the FBI issued a warning alerting law firms to scammers purporting to need help collecting delinquent payments or divorce settlement money. The State Bar of California issued a similar warning in May.

A recent report by information security company Mandiant said that during the past five years hackers have expanded their focus from government and military targets to include researchers, manufacturers, nonprofit agencies and law firms. These criminal activities can result in the loss of confidential information belonging to corporate clients as well as damage a firm's reputation.

And attorneys say these scams are indeed targeting their firms with increasing frequency.

Full story at SFGate.com.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on March 22, 2010 (boomark / email).

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