Data breach at US legal aid firm exposed clients’ personal data

guest · Dec 12, 2020

Data breach at US legal aid firm Brooklyn Defender Services exposed clients’ personal data
Public defender organization represents low-income clients in 35,000 cases annually
December 11, 2020
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New York law firm Brooklyn Defender Services says it has been struck by a data breach involving sensitive personal information belonging to its low income, government-funded clients.

The public defender organization said that on September 13, it discovered that “some” employee email accounts had been compromised by an “unauthorized person”, according to a press release published on December 10.
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A subsequent investigation revealed “that emails or attachments may have included employees’ and clients’ names, addresses, financial account numbers, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, passport numbers, health information, and/or biometric data such as fingerprints”.
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“To help prevent something like this from happening in the future, we have incorporated additional authentication measures for remote email access, implemented additional data security measures, and are re-educating our staff for awareness on these types of incidents.”
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Brooklyn Defender Services represents clients in nearly 35,000 cases annually, according to its Twitter bio.
The Daily Swig has contacted Brooklyn Defender Services for further comment and will update the article accordingly if we receive a response.
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