{"id":255088,"date":"2026-01-28T01:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T01:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/255088\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T01:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T01:56:12","slug":"client-documents-caught-up-in-law-firm-cyber-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/255088\/","title":{"rendered":"Client documents caught up in law firm cyber attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Napier-based law firm says it’s been hit by a cyber attack affecting internal information about the firm as well as client documents.<\/p>\n

Langley Twigg Law said it’s working with digital forensics and cyber specialists over the attack, which occurred on 11 January.<\/p>\n

In a statement on its website on 26 January, the firm said the specialists’ investigation confirmed a “malicious third-party” attack launched a virus on the firm’s IT network, which was not protected by its cyber security software.<\/p>\n

The law firm said the “third-party extracted a portion of the data from our file server, which contained both internal information relating to Langley Twigg’s operations and some client documents”.<\/p>\n

It said it’s working to understand exactly what information was leaked, and will then contact affected clients.<\/p>\n

“We are working intensively on this process but please understand that this may take some time to work through. We will provide further updates as our investigation progresses.”<\/p>\n

The firm says it’s contacted the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the police.<\/p>\n

The police are investigating.<\/p>\n

“We are extremely sorry that this has happened,” the firm said.<\/p>\n

“We are working hard to identify whose personal information may have been compromised and ensure that those affected receive appropriate notifications.”<\/p>\n

The firm said it had taken immediate steps once it was alerted to the attack on 11 January, including switching off and disconnecting the IT network from the internet.<\/p>\n

“At the time of the attack, we were in the process of moving to a cloud-based document management system; this process will be completed shortly and will reduce the risk of any future incidents.”<\/p>\n

It advised clients to “be extra vigilent” and keep an “especially keen eye” on bank account and credit card transactions, as well as to stay alert to suspicious messages.<\/p>\n

Langley Twigg law has been approached for further comment, as well as the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Unsplash \/ RNZ A Napier-based law firm says it’s been hit by a cyber attack affecting internal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,47,111,43,139,69,49,46,44,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-255088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-podcasts","15":"tag-public-radio","16":"tag-radio-new-zealand","17":"tag-rnz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}