Bloomberg Law
Sept. 23, 2015, 4:32 PM UTC

ABA Survey: Data Breaches Rising at Large Firms

Gabe Friedman
Freelancer

The number of security breaches continues to increase at the nation’s largest law firms, according to the American Bar Association’s 2015 Legal Technology Survey released this week.

The survey found that firms with more than 100 lawyers experienced the most significant jump in reported breaches, which were defined as everything from a lost or stolen smartphone to a break-in or website exploitation. The chart below shows a more detailed breakdown:

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Roughly 880 lawyers participated between January and May in the survey’s Technology Basics and Security ...

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