News Summary

• The New York Times says Russia is at least in part responsible for the cyberattack.
• The hackers searched for “midlevel criminal cases in the New York City area and several other jurisdictions, with some cases involving people with Russian and Eastern European surnames” The stolen data could include sealed criminal dockets and indictments, arrest warrants, and other documents not yet public.
• The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the agency that oversees the federal court system, confirmed a cyberattack in a statement on August 7.