Law Firm to the Stars Confirms Ransomware Attack

Media and entertainment lawyers Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks have confirmed reports that their firm has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. 

News of a possible attack surfaced last week when threat group MAZE published what it claimed was a sample of 756GB data exfiltrated from the New York City law firm. Among the data it now appears was genuinely stolen from Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks is personal data belonging to a host of celebrities including Bruce Springsteen, Mary J. Blige, and Madonna. 

The website for Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks is currently down while digital forensic experts work to recover the firm's encrypted files. 

In a statement given to Variety, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks said: “We can confirm that we’ve been victimized by a cyberattack. We have notified our clients and our staff."

The law firm gave no indication of how much Bitcoin was demanded in ransom by the threat actors. Nor did it state whether any payment would be made to recover the encrypted data of their star roster. 

From the little information that the firm did release, it seems that rather than pay the cyber-thieves, an alternative solution is being sought to recover the data that was encrypted and stolen with REvil ransomware (also known as Sodinokobi). 

"We have hired the world’s experts who specialize in this area, and we are working around the clock to address these matters,” said Grubman S ..

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