The law firms are not named by the Mail on Sunday and nor are more details given. But it is significant that the newspaper cites the legal sector as the other main industry area where recent breaches have occurred.
Lesson for legal sector
The media has been ferocious towards communications company Talk Talk and there have been numerous calls for the chief executive to resign and suggestions about the future of the business. The coverage of the Talk Talk hacking will be seen as a lesson for the legal sector about what lies in store if a law firm's boundaries are breached.
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