The FBI’s Cyber Division recently issued a Private Industry Notification alerting law firms that “[i]n a recent cyber criminal forum post, a criminal actor posted an advertisement to hire a technically proficient hacker for the purposes of gaining sustained access to the networks of multiple international law firms.” The criminals are said to be seeking access to material, nonpublic information that can be used for insider trading.
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