Lawyers slam SEC for 'blatant fishing expedition' after Exchange mega-attack

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued international law firm Covington & Burling for details about 298 of the biz's clients whose information was accessed by a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group in November 2020. The data theft in question is the now-infamous Microsoft Exchange attack in which Hafnium …

[Jellied Eel]

It'll be fine

Thought the name sounded familiar. It's John Bolton, Eric Holder and other prominent US official's old shop.

[Nick Stallman]

Very confidential

They will protect that confidential information and keep it from all government officials.

Apart from the Chinese government. They can have a copy of everything no problem!

[trindflo]

Can't they just buy it from the Chinese hackers?

Hackers often offer such things for sale.

[TimMaher]

This reads like an episode from...

The Good Wife.

Sad.