Watch Out For That Email From Management: The Latest Scams Targeting Lawyers
Several firms have been targeted by phishing scams in recent months, but why are cyber criminals so drawn to law firms and how can management safeguard their businesses?
September 10, 2019 at 09:42 AM
6 minute read
Seeing an email from your firm's managing partner flash up on your phone is something that would give even the most laid-back lawyer pause for thought, let alone if your boss is asking to see you urgently.
But before typing back a quick, slightly panicked response, asking what's wrong and why they are needed, lawyers are now having to confront a different, more sinister possibility: is this email really coming from my boss? Or is it coming from a total stranger?
One managing partner at a U.K. firm says that his lawyers have been targeted by email phishing scammers several times in recent months, part of a wave of phishing attacks to have hit law firms.
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