Thomson Reuters hit by cyberattack that saw court documents across 11 states accessed by a hacker
Source: TechRadar Pro Thomson Reuters, the IT company behind the Reuters news agency, suffered a cyberattack a few months ago, exposing certain court documents to the attackers.
The company confirmed the intrusion this week.
Thomson Reuters operates a court case-management system called C-Track, sold by its West Publishing Corporation unit, and used by courts in several U.S. states, the Virgin Islands, and Ontario, Canada, to manage cases, filings, hearings, and schedules.
On Jun. 30, Thomson Reuters detected unauthorized activity in one of its cloud environments, prompting an investigation which later determined that an unauthorized threat actor broke in and obtained some C-Track files in March. The Record reports the incident may have contained names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, medical information, dates of birth and health insurance information.
A detailed investigation is underway. Full Story