The court system in Kansas has started bringing its computer system for managing cases back online, two months after a foreign cyberattack forced officials to shut it down, along with public access to documents and other systems. The Case Management Systems for district courts in 28 of the state’s 105 counties, were expected to be back online yesterday,December 18th, with others following by the end of the week. Online access to documents for the public will be restored after that, though counties that go back online will be able to offer access through terminals at their courthouses.
In October a foreign cyber attack stole data and threatened to post it on a dark website “if their demands were not met”. Judicial branch officials have not publicly disclosed the hackers’ demands, whether a ransom was paid or how much the state has spent in restoring judicial branch systems.
