Cyber Attack Hits Federal Judiciary Websites, Filing Systems

Websites, electronic filing and public record access systems for much of the federal judiciary were attacked Friday afternoon, leaving lawyers hard-pressed to meet deadlines and officials scrambling to restore service.

The so-called denial of service attacks affected bankruptcy, district and appeals courts all across the U.S. for at least a few hours.

The Supreme Court’s site remained up. But with most lawyers, judges and clerks filing and reviewing records electronically, the outages essentially shut down much of the federal judiciary.
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