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 Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts confirmed a cyberattack in a statement on August 7.
• The agency is “enhancing security of the system and to block future attacks, and it is prioritizing working with courts to mitigate the impact on litigants”