Attacks on law firms now include a hired impostor, CrowdStrike says
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Attacks on law firms now include a hired impostor, CrowdStrike says
CrowdStrike calls CHATTY SPIDER the dominant threat to US law firms. The cybercrime group grew its activity 129% in the first eight months of 2026, compared with all of 2024. Law firms made up nearly 90% of its victims, according to CrowdStrike’s new report on the legal sector, published on Wednesday. The report covers September […] This story continues at The Next Web
CryptoTendence Cyberattacks to the legal sector almost double since 2023 and AI threatens to accelerate data theft and extortion to law firms.The entry Cyberattacks against law firms almost double and the alert for AI grows was first published in CryptoTendence.
Crowdstrike has today published its "Legal Threat Landscape Report 2026′′, which shows that 82% of the observed activities in the legal sector were responsible for financially motivated cybercriminals. At the same time, Chatty Spider has become one of the biggest threats to US law firms. Cybercriminals are always finding new ways to profit from this industry. Their methods [...] The contribution Cybercriminals blur the boundaries between digital…
A CrowdStrike report describes an escalation of attacks on law firms in the United States: CHATTY SPIDER would have hired a man to enter a firm posing as a technician, while other bands and groups linked to China also targeted the sector.
CrowdStrike 2026 Legal Threat Landscape Report: eCrime Leads Attacks, China Activity Intensifies
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