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Anthony Spadafora

3.5 million hit in major law firm data breach — full names, SSNs, dates of birth, addresses and more exposed

An open lock depicting a data breach.

The more sensitive information on hand the better for hackers which is why the news that the U.S. law firm Wolf Haldenstein has been hit by a major data breach isn’t all that surprising.

As reported by BleepingComputer, the breach itself occurred back in December, though we’re just learning about it now. In fact, we reported on five separate data breaches that month including a massive healthcare breach that affected 6 million people as well as one at a background check company.

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