Montana Supreme Court’s Backup Data Accessed by Unauthorized Third Party

As technology continues to advance, so do the cyber threats that come with it. Now, hackers have access to more tools and resources than ever thanks to AI.

Now, the Montana Supreme Court is sharing how that technology impacted sensitive data stored in the court's system.

Montana Supreme Court: Unauthorized Access to Court Data

Now being called the "Thomson Reuters Security Incident" by the Supreme Court of Montana, it was recently reported that an unauthorized third party accessed "court backup data files in the C-Track Case Management System(C-Track)."

According to C-Track, an investigation revealed that "certain C-Track" files from several courts in multiple states, including Montana, were accessed.

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"Based on the investigation, a subset of court records were affected, some of which could potentially contain individuals’ names and possibly one or more of the following: Social Security number, driver’s license number, medical information, date of birth, and health insurance information," C-Track said in their statement, "Certain confidential, redacted or sealed information may have been impacted for certain affected courts."

So basically, if your info was entered into the system at any point, there's a good chance an unauthorized set of eyeballs saw your info.

"While these courts' data was affected, the incident was not caused by the courts' networks, systems or data security. There is no evidence that systems used to process financial transactions were impacted by the incident."

This is Not the Montana Court's Fault

Now, before you ask: no, it's not the court's fault this happened as it also affected several courts in other states like Nevada, Kentucky, Washington, Tennessee and more.

C-Track even made it a point to emphasize that in a recent press release.

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"The data was stored entirely in a TR system and was not the fault of Montana or any other state court system."

Well... that's a positive silver lining... right?