Proskauer Cyber Attack Left Sensitive Client Data Unguarded (1)

A data breach at Proskauer Rose exposed client data, including sensitive legal and financial information, the law firm confirmed Friday.

“Our tech security team recently learned that an outside vendor that we retained to create an information portal on a third-party cloud-based storage platform had not properly secured it,” Joanne Southern, a Proskauer spokeswoman, said via email.

The breach, which the firm called the result of a cyber attack, was first reported by TechCrunch. Data containing financial and legal documents, contracts, non-disclosure agreements and financial deals were released in the leak, according to the report.

Proskauer declined to specify the ...