What a recent firm data breach reveals about data protection

The recent data breach involving Brydens Lawyers serves as a stark reminder of the importance of data security in law...

17 April 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Lessons from the cyber attacks on Brydens Lawyers, Aussie super funds

For law firms and in-house teams alike, there are key takeaways from recent high-profile cyber security incidents...

11 April 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Brydens Lawyers secures injunction following cyber incident

Sydney firm Brydens Lawyers has obtained a court order banning “dissemination of the impacted confidential...

26 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Slater & Gordon refers ‘malicious’ email to Victoria Police

A “thorough forensic investigation” is underway at Slater & Gordon following an extraordinary email to all...

24 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Cyber risks to keep growing for small law firms

Having robust cyber security implementation will be a top priority for practice owners in 2025, one tech GM predicts,...

23 January 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

New cyber legislation to help Australia ‘keep pace with emerging threats’, minister says

Australia is set to enable mandatory reporting of ransom payments and new standards for smart devices with its...

11 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Best practice for lawyers amid new state cyber standards

As the regulatory landscape evolves in response to the escalating threat of cyber attacks, a cyber lawyer has...

30 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

3 in 5 in-house leaders say it would take a cyber incident to improve processes

A new report reveals the extent of law departments whose heads say that meaningful improvements to their business’s...

24 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Aussie firms ‘dangerously underprepared’ for cyber threats

A new report shows that law firms across the country remain critically underprepared and vulnerable to cyber threats...

16 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

HWL Ebsworth hit with new complaint over major data hack

The privacy watchdog received a representative complaint against HWL Ebsworth over its 2023 data

28 June 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Court filing reveals how Medibank data breach unfolded

A court filing by the Australian Information Commissioner revealed how a hacker accessed the data of 9.7 million...

19 June 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Court throws out Latitude Financial hack proceedings

One self-represented man’s case against Latitude Financial over the March 2023 cyber attack has been thrown...

06 June 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Medibank ‘cannot have it both ways’ with cyber hack report, class action lawyer says

In a final argument to get access to the Deloitte report into Medibank’s data hack, lawyers behind the class action...

04 June 2024

By Naomi Neilson

The dangers of storing unnecessary data

Here, Lawyers Weekly’s sister brand, Cyber Daily, sits down with Brenton Steenkamp, cyber partner at Clayton Utz, to...

03 June 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Optus fails to keep report into cyber attack out of class action

The Federal Court has dismissed Optus’ appeal to hold back a Deloitte report into its 2022 cyber attack from class...

28 May 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Transparency promises do not include Deloitte report, Medibank chair says

Medibank’s chairman told a court an external report into a major data hack cannot be included in the company’s...

24 May 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Securing legal professional privilege after a cyber breach

Last year, Optus failed to keep a Deloitte report into a major data breach away from a class action applicant. Here, an...

22 May 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Medibank fights to keep privilege over data hack report

To scrap legal professional privilege from the Deloitte report, lawyers behind the Medibank class action have grilled...

21 May 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Striking the right balance when disclosing cyber events

Goldilocks and the cyber risk disclosure porridge: an old children’s tale offers a useful lesson for disclosure of...

14 May 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Cyber attacks on firms are ‘in no way’ declining

For law firms, dealing with “unstructured data” can mean increased risk when it comes to cyber attacks, which this...

29 April 2024

By Lauren Croft