NY AG Warns Law Firms About Phishing Scam

New York’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman issued a warning on Wednesday about a phishing scam in which hackers pose as representatives from his office and target attorneys.

In Schneiderman’s press release , he quotes a phony email in which the hackers suggest a complaint has been filed against the recipient’s law firm.

“My reaction to this is it’s just another slight variation of sort of a longstanding phishing scam,” said Timothy Blank, head of Dechert’s data security and privacy practice group. “The only difference is that it pretends to come from the attorney general but it would take you half a ...