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Allens victim of high-profile cyber attack
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Major Australian law firm Allens was the victim of a high-profile cyber attack that compromised the service provider it trusted with sensitive information, including commercial-in-confidence documents related to Westpac’s anti-money laundering compliance.
AFR Weekend can reveal that a file-sharing system provided by Californian cloud company Accellion and used by Allens was accessed illegally last week.
Allens is a legal adviser to almost three-quarters of Australia’s top 100 companies.
Sam Mooy
Allens had not announced the attack to the public when approached for comment.
A spokesman for the Australian Cyber Security Centre also declined to comment. A statement on the ACSC’s website posted earlier this week said the agency was “working with cyber security partners to assist Australian organisations” in relation to the Accellion vulnerability.