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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Technology
Josh Taylor

Some people whose personal data stolen in HWL Ebsworth hack not told for six months

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The Russian-linked ransomware group ALPHV/BlackCat hacked law firm HWL Ebsworth in April but some people were not told their data was stolen for six months. Photograph: John Williams/Alamy

Some people who have had dealings with Australia’s privacy regulator were only informed this week that their personal information, including banking data, was caught up in the hack of the law firm HWL Ebsworth.

The Russian-linked ransomware group ALPHV/BlackCat hacked the law firm in April. In September the group published on the dark web 1.1TB of the data it claimed to have stolen – later established to be 3.6TB.

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