Cyberattack on legal tech provider causing widespread disruption to UK law firms
CTS, a U.K.-based provider of managed IT services for law firms and the professional services industry, is experiencing a cybersecurity incident that is causing ongoing widespread disruption across the legal sector. In a statement on its website, the Cheshire-headquartered CTS confirmed it’s experiencing a “service outage” resulting from an unspecified cyber incident. The company didn’t share any further details about the incident, such as how many of its customers are impacted or whether any sensitive data had been accessed, and hasn’t posted any updates since Friday. While CTS refuses to share details about the incident, industry publication Today’s Conveyancer said that close to 80 law firms are believed to have been affected so far by the upstream cyberattack, leaving firms unable to access their case files since last Wednesday. Reports on social media say that the incident has also disrupted house sales and purchases across the U.K., forcing customers to deal with unexpected accommodation and storage costs, as well as soon-to-expire mortgage offers. CTS spokesperson Natalie Kissack declined to answer TechCrunch’s questions when reached for …