Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2021-01-08 00:00:00
Affected organization: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: SVR (COZYBEAR)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on Wednesday disclosed the "apparent compromise" of the electronic filing and case management system, known as CM/ECF. An AO spokesperson stated the compromise is likely connected to the hack of SolarWinds' Orion products, which affected multiple government agencies and companies.