Kansas courts cyber-attack exposes personal data of 150,000 people
Courts in the US state of Kansas were hit by a cyber-attack in October 2023 that shut down their systems and led to the theft of residents' sensitive information. Recovery progressed, but a backlog built up in background checks. A subsequent investigation found that the personal information of 150,000 people had been exposed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Kansas Courts
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal data of 150,000 people exposed, court systems shut down and background checks backlogged
- Cause / method
- Information theft through a foreign cyber-attack
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- It was disclosed that a cyber security incident had shut down Kansas court systems.
- It was disclosed that residents' sensitive information had been stolen in a foreign cyber-attack.
- Kansas courts made progress towards full recovery after the October cyber-attack.
- A backlog of background checks following the cyber-attack came to light.
- A court investigation confirmed that the personal information of 150,000 people had been compromised.
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- Kansas to begin restoration of electronic court record systems following cyberattack
- Kansas judiciary plans to begin restoration in December of IT systems hit by cyberattack
- Kansas courts make stride toward full recovery after October cyberattack
- KAKE NEWS INVESTIGATES: Background check backlog after cyberattack on Kansas courts
- Kansas court investigation confirms cyberattack compromised personal data of 150K people
- October cyberattack exposed data of 150k people, Kansas court investigation finds
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