The State Bar of Texas experienced a significant data security incident in early 2025, resulting in the compromise of sensitive member and client information. Unauthorized network access occurred over two weeks, from January 28 to February 9, 2025, where personal information was extracted. The incident is part of a larger wave of cyberattacks on legal institutions and has affected potentially thousands across Texas. The State Bar is providing credit monitoring and identity protection to those impacted and has reviewed its data privacy and security procedures to strengthen safeguards.
Source: https://cybersecuritynews.com/state-bar-of-texas-confirms-data-breach/
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"linkid": "state-bar-of-texas",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2025",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Potentially thousands across '
'Texas',
'industry': 'Legal',
'location': 'Texas',
'name': 'State Bar of Texas',
'type': 'Legal Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Network Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'Potentially thousands',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal information',
'Sensitive member and client '
'information']},
'date_detected': '2025-01-28',
'description': 'A significant data security incident at the State Bar of '
'Texas resulted in the compromise of sensitive member and '
'client information. Unauthorized network access occurred from '
'January 28 to February 9, 2025, leading to the extraction of '
'personal information. This incident is part of a larger wave '
'of cyberattacks on legal institutions in Texas.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Sensitive member and client information',
'Personal information']},
'investigation_status': 'Ongoing',
'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': ['Reviewed data privacy and '
'security procedures to '
'strengthen safeguards']},
'response': {'recovery_measures': ['Providing credit monitoring and identity '
'protection to those impacted']},
'title': 'Data Security Incident at State Bar of Texas',
'type': 'Data Breach'}