Troutman Pepper Locke social engineering attack leaks personal data
Troutman Pepper Locke suffered a personal data leak from a social engineering attack in September 2026. An employee was fooled by an attack disguised as legitimate contact and passed documents related to legal matters to an unauthorized person, and the documents contained personal data such as names and Social Security numbers. The law firm filed related notices with the California and Texas attorneys general.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Troutman Pepper Locke
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- A social engineering attack disguised as legitimate contact induced an employee to hand over documents
- Location
- United States
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Exposed dataName
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Timeline
- It was reported that Troutman Pepper Locke had notified California of a social engineering incident caused by an employee handing over documents.
- It was reported that notices about the September data leak had been filed with the California and Texas attorneys general.
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