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An internet watchdog has reminded small businesses they are not exempt from cyber-attacks, after a law firm in Napier was hit in January.
Langley Twigg Law said it was hit by a cyber attack affecting internal information about the firm as well as client documents on 11 January.
The firm said it was working with digital forensics and cyber specialists over the attack.
Netsafe's chief online safety officer Sean Lyons said the attacks were not always targeted and could be random.
"It can happen in two ways, it can absolutely be targeted, somebody could decide that a particular entity is holding information that they want."
Lyons said many of the attacks occured when a hacker found out
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