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‘Big game hunting’ hackers claim major breach of law firm HWL Ebsworth

One of the world’s most sophisticated hacking groups claimed it has stolen employee and client data from the country’s largest legal partnership, HWL Ebsworth.

Russia-linked ALPHV, also known as BlackCat, said it has 4 terabytes of data from HWL Ebsworth’s servers spanning internal company files and personal employee data, including CVs, IDs, financial reports, accounting data, loans data, and insurance agreements.

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Max Mason covers financial crime, courts 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
Michael Pelly was The Australian Financial Review’s legal editor

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