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against Russia for its aggressive actions in Ukraine. 27In the law firm context, a law firm representing Frank Wuterich, the only Marineconvicted of a crime in the 2005 Haditha massacre in Iraq who received no prison time,was hacked by “Anonymous.” Anonymous’s attack on the law firm Puckett and Farajinvolved a massive data dump that publicized nearly three gigabytes of attorneycorrespondence, which contained confidential client and personnel information anddocuments, among other things. The attack ended up destroying the law firm. 28As demonstrated by the Sony Pictures, Home Depot, and Haditha marine hackingattacks, any politically sensitive work may create an ancillary problem in drawing theattention and ire of hackers or government-backed entities.D. The Costs of a Data Breach.The Ponemon Institute’s 2014 Cost of Data Breach Study (sponsored by IBM) reportedthat the average cost of a corporate data breach was $3.5 million, an increase of 15%for 2013. 29Among these costs may be significant legal costs and enforcement fines, asdiscussed below in Section VI. However, “[t]he research reveals that reputation and the27 Id.28 Adam Martin, Anonymous's Friday Hacks: FBI Conference Call, Haditha Marine's Lawyers, The Wire(Feb. 3, 2012 10:17 a.m.), http://www.thewire.com/technology/2012/02/anonymous-hacked-fbiconference-call-about-anonymous/48264/(last visited Jan. 13, 2015).29 Ponemon Institute, Ponemon Institute Releases 2014 Cost of Data Breach: Global Analysis (May 5,2014 10:15 a.m.), http://www.ponemon.org/blog/ponemon-institute-releases-2014-cost-of-data-breachglobal-analysis(last visited Jan. 13, 2015).March 6, 2015 14 © 3-6-2015 ALFA International Business Litigation P.G.