Kirkland & Ellis offices in Washington, D.C. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM Kirkland & Ellis Faces Class Action Over 2023 Data Breach
Ransomware group CLOP took credit for a mass cyberattack last summer that impacted more than 50 organizations, including Kirkland, Proskauer Rose and K&L Gates.
June 10, 2024 at 11:45 AM
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Cybersecurity
What You Need to Know
- Kirkland & Ellis has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit that resulted from a mass ransomware attack last summer by CLOP.
- The firm reportedly acted as legal counsel to a mergers and acquisitions client using a file transfer software that was vulnerable to bad actors.
- The lawsuit is one of more than 100 court actions to be initiated since the 2023 incident.
In one of several court actions that have resulted from a mass data breach last summer, Kirkland & Ellis is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly failing to protect sensitive consumer data in connection with a client's acquisition by health care conglomerate Humana.
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