The Kansas Office of Judicial Administration will be contacting people whose personal information was accessed during a cyberattack last October.
The attack on October 12th disrupted information on the network for the Kansas court system and forced district courts across the state to go to paper filing and other alternative measures.
Court officials in Topeka determined that the cyberattack affected some files that had personal information, and it’s believed around 150,000 people were affected. The personal information came from files involving litigation, applications to the Kansas bar, and other administrative records, and it could have included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license or other state identification numbers, and other information.
The Office of Judicial Administration has been working with a vendor to notify affected persons by letter, and it recommends steps they can take to monitor and protect their personal information. The notifications also offered credit monitoring and identity restoration services at no cost to the affected persons. No notifications will be made by telephone, text or email, and anyone who receives a notice in this manner is urged to hang up or delete the message.
More information is available on the web page www.kscourts.org/security-incident
Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert said in a press release that the Office of Judicial Administration has put additional security controls in place and will continue to make enhancements in the future to reduce the possibility of any future cybersecurity incidents.
