FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky court system says some appellate court data may have been accessed during a cybersecurity incident involving a third-party case management system.
The Administrative Office of the Courts says West Publishing Corporation, doing business as Thomson Reuters Court Management Solutions, notified the state of the breach Wednesday.
The company says an unauthorized third party accessed and obtained court data stored in its C-Track system, which is used by the Kentucky Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.
The AOC says some Kentucky appellate court information was among the data accessed. However, Kentucky’s trial court e-filing system is not supported by a third-party vendor, meaning trial court information that has not been included in an appeal is not affected.
The AOC says the Kentucky appellate courts were not disrupted by the incident, and there is currently no indication the stolen Kentucky data has been distributed to anyone else.
Thomson Reuters is investigating the incident with cybersecurity experts and law enforcement. The company is also reviewing the affected data to determine whether any individuals or organizations need to be notified.
At this point, officials say they do not know how many people or organizations, if any, may be affected.
Anyone determined to have been affected will be contacted by Thomson Reuters and offered 12 months of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection.
The AOC says it is cooperating with the investigation and monitoring the situation while following cybersecurity protocols to protect Kentucky’s court systems.
