The $4M Ransom Era: What April 2026's Law Firm Cybersecurity Reality Means for Your Software Stack

Average ransom demands against law firms crossed $4 million in 2026. Third-party vendor breaches — like the 116,666-record DocketWise incident — account for roughly a quarter of legal industry compromises. The answer isn't more security tooling bolted on top. It's a smaller, more defensible software stack, starting with the platforms that hold your client data.