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Breach in US law firm; data of Lady Gaga, Priyanka Chopra, others hacked

The law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, or gsmlaw.com for short, experienced a ransomware attack that apparently involved the appropriately named REvil malware

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Representatives for the law firm did not issue comment and their website gsmlaw.com was effectively offline, displaying only its logo.

IANS New Delhi
A New York media and entertainment law firm that represents celebrities like actress Priyanka Chopra, singers Lady Gaga and Bruce Springsteen, was attacked by hacker who stole its clients data, said a media report.

The data stolen includes contracts, nondisclosure agreements, phone numbers, and email addresses, and "personal correspondence ", reports Variety.

The law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, or gsmlaw.com for short, experienced a ransomware attack that apparently involved the appropriately named REvil malware.

Other celebrities whose sensitive personal data has been hacked are Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Jessica Simpson, Naomi Campbell, Robert De Niro, Sofia Vergara, Spike

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