McCarter & English, LLP

Law firms McCarter & English suffered a data security incident the impacted the availability of [its] computer systems.

However, the incident did not impacted lawyers’ ability to perform services to clients and they were able to restore key systems in the week after the incident occurred, including access to email.

The firm upon discovering the incident, took proactive measures to contain the incident and initiated an investigation and notified the higher authorities.

Source: https://senseient.com/ride-the-lightning/data-breaches-reported-at-law-firms-mccarter-english-and-stevens-lee/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/mccarter-&-english-llp

"id": "mcc233121822",
"linkid": "mccarter-&-english-llp",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "04/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

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                        'name': 'McCarter & English',
                        'type': 'Law Firm'}],
 'description': 'McCarter & English suffered a data security incident that '
                'impacted the availability of its computer systems. However, '
                "the incident did not affect lawyers' ability to perform "
                'services to clients. Key systems, including email access, '
                'were restored within a week.',
 'impact': {'downtime': '1 week',
            'systems_affected': ['computer systems', 'email access']},
 'investigation_status': 'Initiated',
 'response': {'containment_measures': True, 'law_enforcement_notified': True},
 'title': 'Data Security Incident at McCarter & English',
 'type': 'Data Security Incident'}