BakerHostetler's 2026 Data Security Report Just Dropped: 56% of Breached Law Firms Lose Client Data — And the Vendor Stack That Causes It

BakerHostetler's 2026 Data Security Incident Response Report shows law firm breach incidents nearly doubled year-over-year, with 56% of breached firms losing sensitive client data and an average cost of $5.08M. Twenty-five percent of those breaches came through a third-party vendor — and that's exactly where the legal tech sprawl problem turns into a compliance crisis.