Sources: the US federal judiciary's electronic case filing system was hit in a sweeping hack, potentially compromising the identities of confidential informants
It is not immediately clear who is behind the hack, though nation-state-affiliated actors are widely suspected, the people said.
Moving forward, any brief about age verification that does not rub the judiciary's nose in this until it recognizes the problem is suspect. [embedded post]
Very, very bad: A hack of the federal judiciary's case filing system may have “compromised the identities of confidential informants involved in criminal cases at multiple federal district courts.” www.politico.com/news/2025/08... [image]
Well, PACER was hacked again, probably by a nation state: www.politico.com/news/2025/08... Luckily, our blog post from 2021 still holds up. If only we could have known this might happen. free.law/2021/10/05/p...
“The hack ... is feared to have compromised the identities of confidential informants involved in criminal cases at multiple federal district courts. ... “It is not immediately clear who is behind the hack, though nation-state-affiliated actors are widely suspected.”
Federal court filing system hit in sweeping hack The identities of confidential court informants are feared compromised in a series of breaches across multiple U.S. states.