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Slashdot: Justice Department Investigating Data Breach of Federal Court System

Justice Department Investigating Data Breach of Federal Court System
Published on July 29, 2022 at 04:10AM
The Justice Department is investigating a data breach of the U.S. federal courts system dating to early 2020, a top official testified on Capitol Hill Thursday. Politico reports: House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) told fellow lawmakers that there had been a "system security failure" of the U.S. Courts' document management system. He said the committee learned in March about the "startling breadth and scope" of the breach. It was the first public disclosure of the hack. Nadler said the data breach of the courts was separate from the SolarWinds hack revealed in late 2020, which involved Russian government-backed hackers infiltrating the networks of over a dozen U.S. federal agencies for much of 2020, including the federal court systems. He spoke at a committee hearing on oversight of the Justice Department's National Security Division. Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew Olsen testified to the committee that NSD is "working very closely with the judicial conference and judges around the country to address this issue," and committed to updating the committee on the investigation as it progressed. A committee aide said that Nadler's questions came after the committee received a briefing on the attack, noting that "the sweeping impact it may have had on the operation of the Department of Justice is staggering." The aide was granted anonymity in order to discuss a private briefing. Committee member Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) pressed Olsen for more details on how many cases had been impacted by the breach. "I would expect your preparation and for us to be able to get that information as quickly as possible in a setting that would be appropriate, but this is a dangerous set of circumstances that has now been publicly announced, and we need to know how many... were dismissed," Jackson Lee said. Nadler questioned Olsen on whether the breach had in any way affected cases pursued by the NSD, and Olsen testified he could not "think of anything in particular."

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