Holland & Knight, other firms disclose data security breaches
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- ✓Holland & Knight and Squire Patton Boggs disclosed data security breaches to state regulators on October 9.
- ✓Both firms said Social Security numbers were exposed during the incidents.
- ✓Holland & Knight said "a threat actor used social engineering techniques to gain unauthorized remote access" to a firm computer.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Two more large US law firms, Holland & Knight and Squire Patton Boggs, have disclosed data security breaches to state regulators, and a third was hit with a new proposed class action in federal court over a reported hack.
Holland & Knight, which employs 2,200 lawyers, and the 2,600-attorney Squire Patton Boggs both told Vermont’s state attorney general on Thursday that Social Security numbers were exposed in the incidents that affected the firms.
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Holland & Knight in a statement said "a threat actor used social engineering techniques to gain unauthorized remote access to a firm computer." It said it "identified the small number of files involved and promptly notified the clients whose information was contained in those files."
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