CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents
The State of Bar California is inspecting a data attack after hearing that a site is publishing sensitive information about 260,000 attorney discipline cases pertaining to California and different jurisdictions. State Bar officials came to know about the posted records on Feb 24 on Saturday night, all the sensitivity details that were posted on the site judyrecords.com, that includes case numbers, information about various cases and statuses, respondents, file dates, and witness names that were removed.
State Bar executive Leah Wilson in a statement said that the bar apologizes for the site’s unauthorized display of personal data. The bar takes full responsibility for protecting confidential data with sincerity, and it is currently doing everything it can to resolve the issue quickly and protect respondents from further attacks.
According to reports, full case records were not leaked, as per officials, they don’t know if the published information was due to a hacking attack. Judyrecords.com is a site that covers court case records nationwide.
The State Bar website lets the public search for case details, but the details about the attorney discipline case published by judyrecords.com are not meant for public access. The information was stored in State Bar’s Odyssey case management system, which is given by vendor Tyler Technologies.
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