US federal court e-filing system breach exposes sealed records
The US federal courts' electronic case management and filing system was breached, exposing sealed court records in multiple states. Security flaws known since 2020 were exploited in the attack, and Russian government hackers are suspected of involvement. With the possible exposure of the identities of confidential informants and cooperating witnesses, some courts switched to paper filings.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- US federal courts
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Sealed court records in multiple states exposed
- Cause / method
- Breach of the electronic case management and filing system exploiting security flaws known since 2020
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- A widespread hack of the US federal courts' electronic filing system came to light.
- The exploitation of security flaws known since 2020 and suspected involvement of Russian government hackers were raised.
- The exposure of sealed records in multiple states and some courts' switch to paper filings were reported.
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