Chinese Hackers Said to Target U.S. Law Firms

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Chinese Hackers Said to Target U.S. Law Firms:

Williams & Connolly, one of the country’s most prominent law firms, has told clients that Chinese hackers infiltrated some of its computer systems as part of a broader effort by the Chinese to target American law firms, according to two people briefed on the matter.

The F.B.I.’s Washington field office is investigating the hack and similar ones executed by the same Chinese hackers, according to one of the people briefed on the matter. The hackers are suspected of breaching the networks of more than a dozen other law firms and technology companies in recent months.

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Chinese Hackers Said to Target U.S. Law Firms

Williams & Connolly, one of the nation’s most prominent law firms, told clients that its computer systems had been infiltrated and that hackers may have gained access to some client emails.

www.nytimes.com