BAE Systems Cyberattack Disrupts U.S. Bankruptcy Court Notification System

A cyberattack on government contractor BAE Systems has disrupted the notification system used by U.S. federal bankruptcy courts, according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

In a press release issued Thursday, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts said the incident had halted the creation and distribution of bankruptcy notices.

“The U.S. Office of Court Administration is in contact with the affected courts and is also working with BAE Systems. BAE is actively investigating this incident and working to restore operations,” the agency said.

“As a result of this incident, all access to the BNC system and websites operated by BAE on behalf of the judiciary and the associated bankruptcy notification processes, including bnc.uscourts.gov, bankruptcy-notices.uscourts.gov, notices.uscourts.gov, and the National Creditor Registration Service, is currently unavailable.”

Bankruptcy notification services remain unavailable

The outage affects the Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) system and several websites operated by BAE Systems for the federal judiciary. The disruption also affects related bankruptcy notification processes, including the National Creditor Registration Service.

BAE Systems is Europe’s largest defense contractor. The company designs and manufactures military technology for the UK and U.S. Ministries of Defence and provides enterprise IT, cloud infrastructure, and cybersecurity services to military, intelligence, and civilian government agencies worldwide.

Spokespeople for the U.S. courts and BAE Systems did not immediately respond to requests for comment from BleepingComputer about the attack or its impact.

Federal court systems have faced previous cyberattacks

The U.S. Attorney’s Office, an independent branch of the federal government, also announced last year that it was strengthening its cybersecurity defenses after a cyberattack affected its electronic case management system.

The Federal Attorney’s Office said that although most documents in the system are public, certain sealed documents containing sensitive information are protected by stricter access controls designed to prevent unauthorized access.

“Federal law enforcement agencies are taking additional steps to better protect sensitive case documents in response to the recent escalation in sophisticated and persistent cyberattacks on case management systems.”

The agency was unable to confirm whether confidential documents had been leaked. However, Politico reported that hackers had penetrated the CM/ECF electronic case management system and the PACER federal court document management platform. The attackers accessed sensitive data, including the identities of confidential informants.

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