Law firm DPP Law fined £60,000 by ICO after cyber attack

Hackers stole over 32GB of sensitive personal information and leaked it on the dark web.

The Merseyside-based law firm DPP Law Ltd has been fined £60,000 ($79,474) after a cyber attack in which hackers stole and published highly sensitive and confidential personal information on the dark web.

DPP Law was attacked in June 2022, and the firm’s IT systems were affected for over a week during which

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