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Allen & Overy hit by suspected ransomware attack

Magic Circle legal titan has 'experienced a data incident impacting a small number of storage servers'

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Allen & Overy has been hit with a cyber attack, the Magic Circle law firm confirmed.

The firm was struck by ransomware from hacking group Lockbit, according to an 8 November post on social media site X.

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