Law firm fined $200,000 over ‘poor data security’ that led to ransomware attack

New York’s attorney general has levied a $200,000 fine on a law firm representing hospitals whose sensitive files were accessed in a 2021 ransomware attack. Attorney General Laetitia James accused the New York City-based firm, Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach (HPMB), of having “poor data security,” resulting in the leak of some 114,000 people’s information,

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