Sealed U.S. Court Records Exposed in SolarWinds Breach

The ongoing breach affecting thousands of organizations that relied on backdoored products by network software firm SolarWinds may have jeopardized the privacy of countless sealed court documents on file with the U.S. federal court system, according to… Continue reading Sealed U.S. Court Records Exposed in SolarWinds Breach

PACER vulnerability allowed hackers to access legal docs while sticking others with the bill

A CSRF flaw that made it possible for attackers to access court documents on the PACER system while making legitimate users pay for it has finally been plugged. What is PACER? PACER is an electronic public access service of United States federal court documents – briefs, memos, orders, opinions, etc. It is mostly used by lawyers, and to a lesser extent by journalists, but one has to have an account open with the service, and … More Continue reading PACER vulnerability allowed hackers to access legal docs while sticking others with the bill