Ransomware Takes Down Texas Supreme Court's Website
"OCA was able to catch the ransomware and limit its impact and will not pay any ransom," the Texas Office of Court Administration said.
May 12, 2020 at 01:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Texas Lawyer
When the Texas Supreme Court's website went down just before it normally releases orders and opinions last week, clerks turned to Twitter for help.
Clerk of the Court Blake Hawthorne tweeted that his office would release the list on Twitter, and he included a Dropbox link for people to read the full opinions.
But it's now becoming clear that the reason the high court's website was down is because the Texas judiciary was hacked by a ransomware attack, the Texas Office of Court Administration disclosed Monday.
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