Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, a large media and entertainment law firm, became a victim of a ransomware attack.
It had resulted in the theft of an enormous batch of private information on dozens of celebrities.
A total of 756 gigabytes includes contracts, nondisclosure agreements, phone numbers, and email addresses, and “personal correspondence was compromised.
The hackers posted evidence of the data theft via a forum on the dark web, which lets users engage in secret transactions and hide their identities using encryption.
One of the documents released by the hacker group was an excerpt from a contract for Madonna’s 2019-20 “Madame X” tour with Live Nation.
The ransomware attack on Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks was perpetrated by a group called “REvil,” also known as “Sodinokibi".
"id": "GRU1345301222",
"linkid": "grubman-indursky-&-shire-p.c.",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "05/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
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