A cyberattack has targeted Graf von Westphalen, or GvW.
A few of the law firm's IT systems were momentarily unavailable. Email correspondence was not feasible.
This was communicated by GvW to the appropriate authorities at the State Criminal Police Office and to Thomas Fuchs, Hamburg's Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information.
As part of the forensic investigations, the law firm pledged to notify the impacted parties right once if there were any signs of unauthorised data access.
Source: https://www.juve.de/markt-und-management/gvw-uebersteht-cyberangriff-schnell/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/graf-von-westphalen
"id": "gvw11129124",
"linkid": "graf-von-westphalen",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "12/2023",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Legal',
'location': 'Hamburg',
'name': 'Graf von Westphalen (GvW)',
'type': 'Law Firm'}],
'description': 'A cyberattack targeted the law firm Graf von Westphalen '
'(GvW), causing temporary unavailability of some IT systems '
'and making email correspondence infeasible. The incident was '
'reported to the State Criminal Police Office and the Hamburg '
'Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information. '
'The firm pledged to notify affected parties if unauthorized '
'data access is detected.',
'impact': {'downtime': 'Temporary unavailability',
'operational_impact': 'Email correspondence infeasible',
'systems_affected': ['IT systems', 'Email correspondence']},
'regulatory_compliance': {'regulatory_notifications': ['State Criminal Police '
'Office',
'Hamburg Commissioner '
'for Data Protection '
'and Freedom of '
'Information']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notification to affected parties if '
'unauthorized data access is detected',
'law_enforcement_notified': True},
'title': 'Cyberattack on Graf von Westphalen (GvW)',
'type': 'Cyberattack'}