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LADY GAGA, DRAKE AND ELTON JOHN LAW FIRM HACKED

 A law firm used by A-list stars including rod Stewart, Lil Nas X and and Robert De Niro has been  hacked 


A large media and entertainment law firm, has fall victim of a Cyberattack, and has resulted in the theft of an extensive batch of private information of lots of celebrities.

The hacked firm claims to have a 756 gigabytes of data including contracts, personal email and phone numbers.
The hackers allegedly released a screenshot of a madona contract, and are demanding payments 

The content of the document, has been reported to contain information about multiple music and entertainment figures, including Lady Gaga, mandona, nicki minaj, jessica simpson, Ella mai, Aguielerah Mariah, Bruce Springsteen, Mary .J Blige, Maria Carey, Cam Newton,Bette Midler, Priyanka Chopra, Idina Menez, HBO'S, "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver," and run DMC, Facebook is also in the hacker's hit-list.

The info the hackers has released so far was just a "warning shot," Emsisoft threat analyst Brett Callow variety. "it's the eqivalent of A kidnapper sending a pink finger."

It has not been made known what sum the hackers are demanding and if the law firm is negotiating with them.

The law firm said in a press statement. "we can confirm that we have been victimised by a cyber-attack.we have notified our staffs and clients.
We have hired the world's experts who specialize in this area, and we are working around the clock to address this matters"

The company's website is displaying just a logo but historic record of the site shows a client list of more more than 200 high profile people and companie.

The Ransomeware attack on Grubman shire Meiselas and Sacks was perpetrated by a group called "REvill" also know as"Sodinokibi,"which has previously targeted Travelex, Brooks international and other organizations, according to Callow. Travelex, the U.K based currency - exchange company, paid $2.3 million in bitcoin to the hackers that had infected his network with viruses, the wall street journal  last month.

Cyber security company Emsisoft says the hackers have posted images online of a contract for Madonna's world tour 2019-20 complete with signatures from an employee and concert company live nation.

Hackers have also uploaded an image they  claim shows the stolen data directory with folders named under certain clients. posting a sample of stolen data is often done as a way to prove that a hack has happened and to put pressure on the victim for a ransom.

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