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Russia might be responsible for the PACER hack

Richard Lawler

created: Aug. 12, 2025, 11:18 p.m. | updated: Aug. 13, 2025, 1:57 p.m.

The vast majority of documents filed with the Judiciary’s electronic case management system are not confidential and indeed are readily available to the public, which is fundamental to an open and transparent judicial system. However, some filings contain confidential or proprietary information that are sealed from public view. These sensitive documents can be targets of interest to a range of threat actors. To better protect them, courts have been implementing more rigorous procedures to restrict access to sensitive documents under carefully controlled and monitored circumstances.

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