US courts system fears SolarWinds snafu could have let state hackers poke about in sealed case documents

US courts system fears SolarWinds snafu could have let state hackers poke about in sealed case documents

The SolarWinds hack exposed sealed US court documents – which could have a serious effect on Western sanctions against state-backed hackers.


As well as the well-publicised effects on FireEye and Microsoft, the downstream impact of the SolarWinds supply chain attack also struck the American federal court system. Aside from the obvious embarrassment and embuggerance that caused, it also may have revealed several formerly sealed, or secret, criminal case documents.

Those documents could have revealed information about upcoming criminal charges against Russian hackers, potentially exposing titbits that could feed into a wider intelligence picture of how those people are identified.


Infosec journalist Brian Krebs reported a US Courts Administrative Office statement about th ..

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