(Reuters) -The U.S. federal judiciary’s electronic case filing system has been compromised in a widespread cyberattack, potentially exposing sensitive court data, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing two people with knowledge of the incident.
Politico said the incident had affected the judiciary’s federal case management system, which includes the Case Management/Electronic Case Files, or CM/ECF, which legal professionals use to upload and manage case documents; and Public Access to Court Electronic Records, or PACER, which provides the public with pay-for access to some of the same data.
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, didn’t immediately return messages seeking comment late Wednesday.
(Reporting by Surbhi Misra in Bengaluru; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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