The Russian Government is alleged to be behind the breach of data affecting the US Court of Justice registration system known as Pacer, According to the New York Times.
Referring to anonymous sources, the newspaper said Russia “is at least partly responsible” for Cyberettack, without saying which part of the Russian government is behind the hack.
The hackers have searched for “mid -level criminal cases in the New York region and several other jurisdictions, with some cases involving people with Russian and eastern surnames,” according to the article.
Last week, Politico reported That hackers had broken the federal judicial authority of the federal judicial authority, possibly access to the identities of confidential informants, who are again and not known, putting these people at risk of retaliation by criminals who help the authorities to understand.
Politico said stolen data could include sealed criminal docks and indictments, arrest warrants and other documents that have not yet publicly or can never be included in public doors.
The Administrative Office of US Courts, the Agency supervising the US Federal Court confirmed a Cyberettack In a statement on August 7th.
The New York Times also reported a note sent to the officials of the Ministry of Justice, officials and chief judges from the administrators of the court system, who said that “persistent and sophisticated cyberspace actors have recently endorsed”. Email said: “This remains an urgent issue that requires immediate action.”
This may not be Russia’s first Rodeo targeting the US Federal Court.
In 2020, a long -term Russian Cyberettack aims at Solarwinds software, used by large -scale companies and government services, to fulfill an infected software update that allows Russian government hackers access to Solarwinds ‘customers’ networks.
The widespread hack influenced many US government departments, including Pacer, allowing the theft of sealed courts to be theft.
The US courts, in a statement on August 7, said the Agency “enhances the security of the system and to prevent future attacks and prioritizes the cooperation with the courts to mitigate the impact on the parties”.
