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BAE Says No Data Extracted in Bankruptcy Court Incident

| 2026-10-29 13:26 HIGH LOW DATA BREACH
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Executive Summary
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On October 27, the Administrative Office of the US Courts confirmed that according to BAE, the problems with the Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) had been fixed and it was available again. The BNC, which BAE operates under contract with the judiciary, is the channel through which all federal bankruptcy courts in the United States send their notices. No data was extracted during the incident that knocked the system offline for more than two weeks, starting around October 9. A spokesperson from BAE Systems, Inc., stated that no other systems were affected and there was no breach of personally identifiable information (PII). The incident did not appear to be a ransomware or cybercrime group attack, with neither BAE nor the judiciary addressing whether any data had been compromised at first.
Technical Mitigations AI-generated
• Patch BAE Systems' Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) system to prevent similar incidents. • Monitor the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts for any updates on the incident and its cause. • Implement a robust logging mechanism to detect potential security breaches in real-time, such as the one described by SecurityWeek.
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Incident Timeline
‎around October 9
Notices stopped flowing through the center around October 9.
‎October 22
The Judicial Conference declared a "Bankruptcy Rules emergency" on October 22 in response to the outage.
organisation the Judicial Conference
In response to the outage, the Judicial Conference declared a “Bankruptcy Rules emergency” on October 22.
‎October 26
Threat actors did not extract any data during the incident hitting bankruptcy courts, which resumed clearing delayed notices on October 26.
‎October 27
The Administrative Office of the US Courts confirmed that, according to BAE, no data was extracted during an incident hitting bankruptcy courts on October 27.
target_region United States
On October 27, the Administrative Office of the US Courts confirmed that, according to BAE, the problems had been fixed and the BNC was available again.
organisation the Administrative Office of the US Courts
On October 27, the Administrative Office of the US Courts confirmed that, according to BAE, the problems had been fixed and the BNC was available again.
‎2026/10/29
BAE Systems, Inc. restored the federal judiciary's Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) system after a more than two-week outage without extracting any personally identifiable information (PII).
organisation BAE
The BNC, which BAE operates under contract with the judiciary, is the channel through which all federal bankruptcy courts in the US send their notices.
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organisation HHS Filing
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organisation BAE Systems
BAE Systems has restored the federal judiciary’s Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) and says no data was taken in the cybersecurity incident that knocked it offline for more than two weeks.
organisation Bankruptcy Noticing Center
BAE Systems has restored the federal judiciary’s Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) and says no data was taken in the cybersecurity incident that knocked it offline for more than two weeks.
organisation BNC
BAE Systems has restored the federal judiciary’s Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) and says no data was taken in the cybersecurity incident that knocked it offline for more than two weeks.
organisation BAE Systems, Inc.
“BAE Systems, Inc., working closely with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC), has resumed operations of the Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) system.
organisation the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
“BAE Systems, Inc., working closely with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC), has resumed operations of the Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) system.
organisation AOUSC
“BAE Systems, Inc., working closely with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC), has resumed operations of the Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) system.
organisation the Bankruptcy Noticing Center
“BAE Systems, Inc., working closely with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC), has resumed operations of the Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) system.
organisation PII
There was no breach of any PII,” a BAE Systems, Inc. spokesperson told SecurityWeek .
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2,600,000
Records
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Intelligence Sources
SecurityWeek 2026-10-29