Breach at US law firm Orrick exposes personal data of more than 600,000
US law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe suffered an intrusion in 2023 that affected the personal information of more than 600,000 people. The attacker accessed a network file share where client-related materials were stored. The firm agreed to an $8 million settlement in a lawsuit over the client data breach, and the court later gave final approval to the settlement.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of more than 600,000 people
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to a network file share storing client-related materials
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- Orrick reached a preliminary settlement in a lawsuit over the cyber breach.
- The number of people affected by the data breach grew to more than 600,000.
- Orrick agreed to an $8 million settlement over the client data breach.
- The court gave final approval to the $8 million data breach lawsuit settlement.
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- Court Finalizes $8M Settlement in Orrick Data Breach Case
- Judge gives final OK to $8M settlement in Orrick data breach
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