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Russia reportedly implicated in hack on US federal courts' databases

Databases used by US federal courts for sharing and managing case documents have been hacked, according to reports from Politco and The New York Times.

The Administrative Office of the US Courts initially identified the severity of the cyberattack in July, although the extent of the breach by "persistent and sophisticated cyber threat actors" has not been disclosed and may still not be known by national officials. Politico's original report said the hack may have "compromised the identities of confidential informants involved in criminal cases at multiple federal district courts." However, there have been no additional details revealed about what entity is behind the attack, whether a branch of Russian intelligence may have been involved, or what evidence the investigators have discovered tying the hack to Russia.

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