US Federal Judiciary

Disclosed Aug 7, 2025Confirmed

Hackers breach federal courts' case management system

The US federal judiciary said its electronic case management system (CM/ECF and PACER) faced sophisticated, persistent cyberattacks and that it was strengthening protections for sealed filings; reports linked the hack to Russian government hackers.

What is known

People affected	Not stated in the sources we have
Disclosed	Aug 7, 2025
Attack	Hacking
Data exposed	Internal documentsOther
Sector	Government · US
Status	Confirmed

Sources

Newstechcrunch.com

Russian government hackers said to be behind US federal court filing system hack: Report

Newsbleepingcomputer.com

U.S. Judiciary confirms breach of court electronic records service

Official noticeuscourts.gov

Cybersecurity measures strengthened in light of attacks on Judiciary's case management system

Notices filed

TotalAug 7, 2025

ResearchCount not stated

History of this record

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby seedSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (Research), confirmed by Research. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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