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John Carlin Discusses Startup Cybersecurity with The Wall Street Journal

April 28, 2025

Cybersecurity & Data Protection Co-Chair John Carlin was featured in a Wall Street Journal article about how venture capitalist-backed startups tend to make lucrative targets for ransomware attacks. In “Deep-Pocketed Investors Make Startups a Target for Hackers,” published on April 28, John says he’s seen hackers send emails directly to a startup’s venture-capital investors – rather than its founders or chief executive – demanding cash in return for stolen data. “The threat to VC of losses from a cyberattack is real and growing,” John says.

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