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A three-person law firm used a shared hosting plan for their website. They stored scanned client ID documents and case photos in /clients/private/ without an index file. But the parent directory ( /clients/ ) had indexing enabled. A curious visitor found the parent directory listing, revealing subfolders named by case number. One month later, opposing counsel in a divorce case anonymously received the client's financial images. The firm faced a malpractice lawsuit and a state bar complaint.
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