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DOJ Investigating Breach of Federal Court Records

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 29, 2022
News Type: Legal News

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating a cyber breach involving the federal court records management system, Reuters reports. Matt Olsen, head of the Justice Department's National Security Division, told the U.S. House Judiciary Committee that he could not talk about the probe’s specifics, but his division is focused on the risk of attacks from nations like China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. The risk of cyber attacks came to light last year, when the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts said it was adding new security procedures to protect records following an apparent compromise of its electronic case management and filing system. In other concerning news for the federal judiciary, a new report from the Government Accountability Office notes that its biggest tech projects — including a new system to process judges' financial disclosure reports — are facing cost overruns and a lack of oversight.

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