Australia’s largest legal partnership, HWL Ebsworth, is facing ransom demands from Russia-linked cybercriminals as the firm sheds big clients who fear they have been caught up in a major data breach.
On Tuesday night, Russia-linked ALPHV, also known as BlackCat, put the HWLE data post back online on its site on the dark web.
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Max Mason covers insolvency, courts, regulation, financial crime, cybercrime and corporate wrongdoing. A Walkley Award winner, Max's journalism has also received awards from the National Press Club of Australia, the Kennedy Awards and Citibank. Message Max on Signal https://tinyurl.com/MaxMason Connect with Max on Twitter. Email Max at max.mason@afr.com
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