CyberKnight

CyberKnight

Hackers hacked nearly 1.2 million email addresses and credentials from the UK's top 500 law firms.

Over 80 percent of these emails were linked to leaked passwords.

Source: https://wccftech.com/top-500-legal-firms-data-breach/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/cyberknighttech

"id": "cyb16427522",
"linkid": "cyberknighttech",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "01/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Legal',
                        'location': 'United Kingdom',
                        'name': 'Top 500 Law Firms in the UK',
                        'type': 'Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Credential Stuffing',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '1.2 million',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Email Addresses',
                                              'Credentials']},
 'description': 'Hackers hacked nearly 1.2 million email addresses and '
                "credentials from the UK's top 500 law firms. Over 80 percent "
                'of these emails were linked to leaked passwords.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Email Addresses', 'Credentials']},
 'title': "Data Breach at UK's Top 500 Law Firms",
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Leaked Passwords'}
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