Press Announcement from Epiq

Epiq Issues Statement on Unauthorized System Activity

Epiq, a global leader in the legal services industry, today [March 2, 2020] issued the following statement:

On February 29, we detected unauthorized activity on our systems, which has been confirmed as a ransomware attack. As part of our comprehensive response plan, we immediately took our systems offline globally to contain the threat and began working with a third-party forensic firm to conduct an independent investigation.

Our technical team is working closely with world-class third-party experts to address this matter, and bring our systems back online in a secure manner, as quickly as possible.

Federal law enforcement authorities have also been informed and are involved in the investigation.

As always, protecting client and employee information is a critical priority for the company. At this time there is no evidence of any unauthorized transfer or misuse or exfiltration of any data in our possession.

About Epiq

Epiq, a global leader in the legal services industry, takes on large-scale, increasingly complex tasks for corporate counsel, law firms, and business professionals with efficiency, clarity, and confidence. Clients rely on Epiq to streamline the administration of business operations, class action and mass tort, court reporting, eDiscovery, regulatory, compliance, restructuring, and bankruptcy matters. Epiq subject-matter experts and technologies create efficiency through expertise and deliver confidence to high-performing clients around the world.

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Extract from an article by Frank Ready

Epiq Global Takes Systems Offline Following Ransomware Attack

Visitors to Epiq Global’s website on Monday likely received the following message: “Our corporate web site is offline to perform maintenance.” The e-discovery and managed services company took its systems offline on Saturday after detecting “unauthorized activity” that a spokesperson has since confirmed as a ransomware attack. The outage was first reported by legal tech journalist Bob Ambrogi.

The timeline for bringing Epiq’s systems back online is still unclear—which could pose issues to customers with projects to complete.

Read the complete article at Epiq Global Takes Systems Offline Following Ransomware Attack


Extract from an article by Bob Ambrogi

Epiq Global Down As Company Investigates Unauthorized Activity on Systems

Epiq Global, an international e-discovery and managed services company, has taken its systems offline globally after detecting unauthorized activity.

Epiq made the move on Saturday as part of its data security response plan and has brought on a third-party forensics firm to conduct an investigation.

Among the systems taken offline are Epiq’s instances of the Relativity e-discovery software, leaving customers unable to work on review projects they have underway.

Read the complete article at Epiq Global Down As Company Investigates Unauthorized Activity on Systems

Additional Reading

Source: ComplexDiscovery

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