BAE Systems cybersecurity incident halts Bankruptcy Noticing Center operations for all US federal bankruptcy courts
A cybersecurity incident at defense contractor BAE Systems has stopped the production and delivery of bankruptcy notices for every US federal bankruptcy court. BAE operates the Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) systems and websites on behalf of the federal judiciary. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts confirmed the incident on Oct. 15, saying it affected BAE's IT and the websites supporting the BNC. Notice production and distribution, both paper and electronic, have been halted since Oct. 9. As of Friday the sites were still offline and no restoration date has been announced. No cause has been identified, and the article does not say whether any data was accessed. BAE says the incident is isolated to the BNC system and that no other systems are affected.
Technical Details
- Offline services: bnc.uscourts.gov, bankruptcynotices.uscourts.gov, notices.uscourts.gov and the National Creditor Registration Service.
- The initial Oct. 13 notice on the US Bankruptcy court website described a "nationwide service interruption" and did not mention cyber activity. The Oct. 15 statement was the first to call it a cybersecurity incident.
- Neither announcement identified a cause, said whether information was accessed, or gave a restoration estimate. No threat actor, malware or IOCs have been disclosed.
- Courts are still accepting new filings, opening cases and processing paperwork.
- Address lookups in the courts' electronic filing system may omit addresses registered through the BNC's Electronic Bankruptcy Noticing program or the National Creditor Registration Service. Some parties entitled to notice may therefore be missing from service lists.
- The article notes this would be the second incident affecting US Courts in as many years, after a major 2025 breach of the judiciary's electronic case filing system.
Remediation
- BAE Systems is investigating and working to restore operations, and the Administrative Office is in contact with the affected courts.
- The Clerk of Court advises serving parties to look up creditor and party addresses in the electronic filing system and compare the two lists to make sure no one is missing. The article gives no technical remediation guidance.
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BAE Systems cybersecurity incident halts Bankruptcy Noticing Center operations for all US federal bankruptcy courts
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A cybersecurity incident at defense contractor BAE Systems has stopped the production and delivery of bankruptcy notices for every US federal bankruptcy court. BAE operates the Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) systems and websites on behalf of the federal judiciary. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts confirmed the incident on Oct. 15, saying it affected BAE's IT and the websites supporting the BNC. Notice production and distribution, both paper and electronic, have been halted since Oct. 9. As of Friday the sites were still offline and no restoration date has been announced. No cause has been identified, and the article does not say whether any data was accessed. BAE says the incident is isolated to the BNC system and that no other systems are affected.
Technical Details
- Offline services: bnc.uscourts.gov, bankruptcynotices.uscourts.gov, notices.uscourts.gov and the National Creditor Registration Service.
- The initial Oct. 13 notice on the US Bankruptcy court website described a "nationwide service interruption" and did not mention cyber activity. The Oct. 15 statement was the first to call it a cybersecurity incident.
- Neither announcement identified a cause, said whether information was accessed, or gave a restoration estimate. No threat actor, malware or IOCs have been disclosed.
- Courts are still accepting new filings, opening cases and processing paperwork.
- Address lookups in the courts' electronic filing system may omit addresses registered through the BNC's Electronic Bankruptcy Noticing program or the National Creditor Registration Service. Some parties entitled to notice may therefore be missing from service lists.
- The article notes this would be the second incident affecting US Courts in as many years, after a major 2025 breach of the judiciary's electronic case filing system.
Remediation
- BAE Systems is investigating and working to restore operations, and the Administrative Office is in contact with the affected courts.
- The Clerk of Court advises serving parties to look up creditor and party addresses in the electronic filing system and compare the two lists to make sure no one is missing. The article gives no technical remediation guidance.