US federal courts were reportedly hit by another data breach
by Mitchell Clark from The Verge - All Posts on (#61YZ6)
Lawmakers are blaming three hostile foreign actors." | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The federal courts' document system was hit by a breach with a startling breadth and scope" in early 2020, according to a report from Politico that cites testimony from House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler. The Department of Justice (DOJ) reportedly informed the judiciary about the breach in March and told lawmakers that an investigation is ongoing. Other lawmakers, such as Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), expressed concern that the DOJ had been hiding information about the breach and was refusing to explain it to the public and Congress.
Nadler reportedly said that the system security failure" was the work of three hostile foreign actors," though, according to Reuters, security officials for the DOJ didn't specify which countries...