Justice Department Investigating Data Breach of Federal Court System (politico.com) 18
The Justice Department is investigating a data breach of the U.S. federal courts system dating to early 2020, a top official testified on Capitol Hill Thursday. Politico reports: House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) told fellow lawmakers that there had been a "system security failure" of the U.S. Courts' document management system. He said the committee learned in March about the "startling breadth and scope" of the breach. It was the first public disclosure of the hack. Nadler said the data breach of the courts was separate from the SolarWinds hack revealed in late 2020, which involved Russian government-backed hackers infiltrating the networks of over a dozen U.S. federal agencies for much of 2020, including the federal court systems. He spoke at a committee hearing on oversight of the Justice Department's National Security Division.
Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew Olsen testified to the committee that NSD is "working very closely with the judicial conference and judges around the country to address this issue," and committed to updating the committee on the investigation as it progressed. A committee aide said that Nadler's questions came after the committee received a briefing on the attack, noting that "the sweeping impact it may have had on the operation of the Department of Justice is staggering." The aide was granted anonymity in order to discuss a private briefing.
Committee member Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) pressed Olsen for more details on how many cases had been impacted by the breach. "I would expect your preparation and for us to be able to get that information as quickly as possible in a setting that would be appropriate, but this is a dangerous set of circumstances that has now been publicly announced, and we need to know how many... were dismissed," Jackson Lee said. Nadler questioned Olsen on whether the breach had in any way affected cases pursued by the NSD, and Olsen testified he could not "think of anything in particular."
Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew Olsen testified to the committee that NSD is "working very closely with the judicial conference and judges around the country to address this issue," and committed to updating the committee on the investigation as it progressed. A committee aide said that Nadler's questions came after the committee received a briefing on the attack, noting that "the sweeping impact it may have had on the operation of the Department of Justice is staggering." The aide was granted anonymity in order to discuss a private briefing.
Committee member Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) pressed Olsen for more details on how many cases had been impacted by the breach. "I would expect your preparation and for us to be able to get that information as quickly as possible in a setting that would be appropriate, but this is a dangerous set of circumstances that has now been publicly announced, and we need to know how many... were dismissed," Jackson Lee said. Nadler questioned Olsen on whether the breach had in any way affected cases pursued by the NSD, and Olsen testified he could not "think of anything in particular."
And yet we still don't know... (Score:3, Insightful)
Who the SCOTUS leaker is...
Re: And yet we still don't know... (Score:2)
Which makes you wonder about the motivations of these stories, which give zero information. Something political?
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Well, of course it's "political". Nadler has failed three times now to bring down the big, bad orange menace, and as we've seen, the two attempts at impeachment and the J6 hearings have been rather sloppily done. My guess is Nadler is bracing for the blow-back he's going to get once people start digging into his sources. "Nobody respond to a friend request from me, I've been hacked!" He can't claim that just he's been hacked, that would be too obvious, so he gets an expert to brief Congress on hack attempts
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Almost certainly a republican staffer as the investigation has been quiet ever since.
Yes, that's the ticket. An attempt to undermine the Roe repeal was done by a Republican. And we've always been at war with Eastasia.
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And the other channels would be running coverage 24/7 if it was a republican so your point is meaningless.
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For some reason this was marked "off topic" by a moderator. Whoever did that, you couldn't be more wrong. Follow the trail, it may get twisty, but it's all one, continuous line. Every anonymous leak in DC is a political power play, almost always by a faction within the establishment. Real whistle-blowers put their names to the information and sometimes have to flee for their lives.
Putin's 5th-columnists still all above the law. (Score:1)
Justice Department (Score:1)
Yeah, that's sure to produce great results.
Just maybe... (Score:2, Troll)
Hoping they will find Hillary's email finally.
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Oh yeah, big time. That's the way we roll here.