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Law Firms Are the New ATM for Hackers, CrowdStrike Warns

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Original editorial illustration of a law office at night: tall bookshelves and a conference table in shadow, a single office door ajar with a thin shaft of cold light falling across the carpet, a laptop open on the table with a faint blue glow

Law Firms Are the New ATM for Hackers, CrowdStrike Warns In brief CrowdStrike’s 2026 legal threat report: attacks on law firms nearly doubled since 2023, 455 firms named on leak sites, and one gang now walks in the front door. Intrusions targeting legal entities have nearly doubled since the 2023 baseline, according to CrowdStrike’s 2026 … Read more

South Korea Arrests Seven in Its First Large-Scale AI-Assisted Hacking Case

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Original editorial illustration of a hooded figure at a laptop in a dark room, glowing file-folder icons streaming from the screen toward the silhouettes of ordinary buildings — a clinic, a school, a golf clubhouse — in a teal-and-amber grade

South Korea Arrests Seven in Its First Large-Scale AI-Assisted Hacking Case In brief Seoul police arrested seven people over an AI-assisted hacking campaign that hit 90 organizations and stole 8.2 million records. The alleged ringleader, a 32-year-old with no formal IT education, taught himself hacking from YouTube videos and online blogs, police say — then … Read more