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Sensei Pens Column For Above The Law

May 12, 2022

Above the Law featured Sensei article entitled “Two Law Firm Data Breaches and New Breach Stats” by Sharon Nelson, John Simek and Michael Maschke. This article is the latest in a new monthly series entitled Cybersecurity: Tips From the Trenches  with Sharon Nelson, Esq., John Simek and Michael Maschke of Sensei Enterprises. As noted authors and lecturers, Sharon, John and Michael speak on a variety of IT, Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics subjects. They lecture throughout North America and have been interviewed by TIME, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, Reuters, many newspapers and even Oprah Winfrey’s O magazine.

Excerpt:

Two New Law Firm Breaches in the News

On April 22, it was reported that midsized law firms McCarter & English and Stevens & Lee had suffered data breaches.

McCarter & English said it is actively investigating a network security incident that “impacted the availability of [its] computer systems.”

Leaders at the New Jersey-based firm said they restored key systems in the week after the incident occurred the weekend of April 9, including access to email. Their lawyers’ ability to perform services for clients was “not significantly impacted,” according to the firm.

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