Cyber incident at contractor BAE Systems halts bankruptcy notices for every US federal court
The judiciary's own notice lists which systems are down; Reuters (via The Star) adds BAE's statement.
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts said on October 15 that a cybersecurity incident hit BAE Systems IT and the websites that support the Bankruptcy Noticing Center, which produces and sends bankruptcy notices for all federal bankruptcy courts. BAE operates those systems for the judiciary.
The courts said all access to the center's systems was unavailable, including bnc.uscourts.gov, bankruptcynotices.uscourts.gov, notices.uscourts.gov and the National Creditor Registration Service, and that production and distribution of bankruptcy notices had stopped. A BAE Systems spokesperson told Reuters the company is aware of "a security incident that is isolated to the BNC system" and is coordinating with the courts.
Neither the courts nor BAE has said what caused the incident or whether data was taken.
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