Client confidentiality survives extortion campaigns when the systems that touch the file run inside the firm's own perimeter and every access leaves signed evidence.
Law firms can keep privileged client material out of criminal hands by running the systems that touch it on their own infrastructure and holding signed evidence of every access. The FBI's 26 May 2026 FLASH alert on the Silent Ransom Group shows why that work is urgent.
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