LexisNexis has taken several services offline after detecting suspicious activity on servers managed by a third-party vendor. The affected products are Nexis Diligence, Nexis Metabase API and Nexis Newsdesk. The company disconnected from the vendor’s systems to contain the issue. LexisNexis is now investigating with help from a cybersecurity forensic firm. It plans to rebuild…
A newly disclosed LexisNexis breach has raised concerns across the legal and government sectors after attackers claimed access to internal cloud systems. The incident allegedly exposed data connected to hundreds of thousands of user accounts. LexisNexis provides legal intelligence and analytics services used by law firms, corporations, and government institutions. Because the platform manages large…