Third-Party Vendor Breach Leaks Data at Courts in Multiple US States
A data breach at a third-party vendor used by US courts affected information and personal data at courts in multiple states. Nevada's appellate courts launched an investigation, and damage to the Minnesota Supreme Court and Oregon court case management systems also came to light. On 28 September 2026, it emerged that North Carolina's court system had not notified the state attorney general's office of a personal data leak.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Data breach at a vendor providing external services to the courts
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- Nevada's appellate courts investigated a data security incident involving a third-party vendor.
- Damage from the data breach to systems including the Minnesota Supreme Court and Oregon court case management systems came to light.
- It emerged that North Carolina's court system had not notified the state attorney general's office of a personal data leak.
Also affected by this incident
Nevada appeals court investigates vendor-related data security incident
↳ Knock-on damage from another organisation’s incident · View original incidentNevada's appeals court is investigating a data security incident involving an outside court services vendor. The specific scale of the damage and the date of the incident have not been confirmed.
Read on KTVN ↗Data breach hits Oregon court case management system
↳ Knock-on damage from another organisation’s incident · View original incidentA data breach occurred in Oregon's court case management system. The same breach also affected 11 other states; the specific scale of the damage to the Oregon Judicial Department and its response have not been confirmed.
Read on KGW ↗Minnesota Supreme Court information affected by vendor data breach
↳ Knock-on damage from another organisation’s incident · View original incidentA data breach at an outside vendor affected Minnesota Supreme Court information. The specific types of information, the scale of the damage and the response have not been confirmed.
Read on CBS News ↗
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