US court system suffered 'incredibly significant attack' – sealed files at risk
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Re: US court system suffered 'incredibly significant attack' – sealed files at risk
#2> January 2021 disclosure by James C. Duff, who at the time served as secretary of the Judicial Conference of the United States, of "an apparent compromise" of confidentiality in the Judiciary's Case Management/Electronic Case Files system (CM/ECF).
Not to minimize this at all, but FYI the attack happened more than a year ago. I’m sure the fallout will be long and diffuse, assuming it was a state actor operating strategically, not just looking to make some money on the dark web.
Re: US court system suffered 'incredibly significant attack' – sealed files at risk
#3> sophisticated cyber security breach
Like an unpatched Windows XP machine?
Re: US court system suffered 'incredibly significant attack' – sealed files at risk
#4> January 2021 disclosure by James C. Duff, who at the time served as secretary of the Judicial Conference of the United States, of "an apparent compromise" of confidentiality in the Judiciary's Case Management/Electronic Case Files system (CM/ECF). Not to minimize this at all, but FYI the attack happened more than a year ago. I’m sure the fallout will be long and diffuse, assuming it was a state actor operating stra…
There’s pretty immediate value in sealed records for blackmail purposes, though, so it could have just been non-state actors.
Re: US court system suffered 'incredibly significant attack' – sealed files at risk
#5> sophisticated cyber security breach Like an unpatched Windows XP machine?
Could be phishing as well
Re: US court system suffered 'incredibly significant attack' – sealed files at risk
#6But why are sealed files on the network?
Re: US court system suffered 'incredibly significant attack' – sealed files at risk
#7> January 2021 disclosure by James C. Duff, who at the time served as secretary of the Judicial Conference of the United States, of "an apparent compromise" of confidentiality in the Judiciary's Case Management/Electronic Case Files system (CM/ECF). Not to minimize this at all, but FYI the attack happened more than a year ago. I’m sure the fallout will be long and diffuse, assuming it was a state actor operating stra…
There’s pretty immediate value in sealed records for blackmail purposes, though, so it could have just been non-state actors.
Nah, I think it's a state actor. Very obvious strategic move in line with a lot of other forms of attack underway. Of course they managed such an attack: it's really critical support of other stuff going on, a necessary component.
In retrospect we'll chalk this time up not as a messy time of great chaos, but as an unprecedented form of world war that's killed more people than all previous wars combined, and done more damage than any other war. Yet it's all cloaked in fog, incognito. Hell of a time to live through.
Re: US court system suffered 'incredibly significant attack' – sealed files at risk
#8But why are sealed files on the network?
I imagine so people that should have access (like prosecutors) can get to them without visiting the court house (and potentially requesting copies of the original)
Re: US court system suffered 'incredibly significant attack' – sealed files at risk
#9But why are sealed files on the network?
The "seal" is a Legal construct not a engineering/technical one.
Re: US court system suffered 'incredibly significant attack' – sealed files at risk
#10> January 2021 disclosure by James C. Duff, who at the time served as secretary of the Judicial Conference of the United States, of "an apparent compromise" of confidentiality in the Judiciary's Case Management/Electronic Case Files system (CM/ECF). Not to minimize this at all, but FYI the attack happened more than a year ago. I’m sure the fallout will be long and diffuse, assuming it was a state actor operating stra…
There’s pretty immediate value in sealed records for blackmail purposes, though, so it could have just been non-state actors.
The article says the sealed records contained a lot of national intelligence information. I think that’s more interesting to state actors than individuals who want to sell it.