BAE Says No Data Was Extracted in Incident That Disrupted Bankruptcy Noticing Center
Summary
BAE says the federal judiciary’s Bankruptcy Noticing Center is restored after an outage that began around October 9. The company says no data was extracted or PII breached; the incident’s cause remains undisclosed.
Key points
- The Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC), operated by BAE under contract with the judiciary, stopped transmitting notices around October 9.
- BAE said no other systems were affected, no data was extracted, and no personally identifiable information was breached.
- The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts said on October 27 that the BNC was available again; court notices show it resumed operations on October 26.
- The center began clearing delayed notices, oldest first.
- The Judicial Conference declared a bankruptcy-rules emergency on October 22, allowing judges to adjust deadlines and related time periods.
- BAE has not disclosed the cause, and the article says no ransomware or other cybercrime group had publicly claimed responsibility.
Article Details
- Victim Organization
- Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC), a federal judiciary system operated by BAE Systems under contract
- Incident Type
- Cybersecurity incident of undetermined cause; whether it was a cyberattack is unknown
- Affected Records
- No record count reported; BAE stated that no data was extracted and no PII was breached.
- Affected Data Size
- No data size reported; BAE stated that no data was extracted.
- Operational Impact
- The BNC was offline for more than two weeks, stopping bankruptcy notices around October 9. It resumed operations on October 26 and began clearing delayed notices. The incident also prompted the Judicial Conference to declare a Bankruptcy Rules emergency on October 22.
- Ransom Or Extortion
- No ransomware or other cybercrime group had publicly claimed responsibility, according to the article.
- Claim Status
- unknown