"IT systems and websites supporting the Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) have been impacted," the Administrative Office of the US Courts said in a notice published Oct. 15.
Administrative Office of the US Courts: the public announcement
On October 15 the Administrative Office of the US Courts confirmed a cybersecurity incident has affected the IT systems and websites that support the Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC). The judiciary's notice says all access to BNC systems and the websites operated by BAE Systems is currently unavailable and that production and distribution of bankruptcy notices for courts nationwide has been halted. The judiciary said it is communicating with affected courts and coordinating with BAE Systems but did not provide a timeline for restoration.
BAE Systems: operator, investigator, and point of outage
The Judiciary identified BAE Systems as the contractor that operates the BNC infrastructure on behalf of the Federal Judiciary. According to the notice, BAE is actively investigating the incident and working to restore operations. The Administrative Office did not disclose the nature of the cyber incident, when it began, or whether any data was accessed or exfiltrated. Infosecurity has contacted BAE Systems for further comment.
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End the scrambleBankruptcy Noticing Center: services and exact resources affected
The BNC is responsible for producing and transmitting bankruptcy notices for all federal bankruptcy courts nationwide. The judiciary listed specific online resources as unavailable, including:
- bnc.uscourts.gov
- bankruptcynotices.uscourts.gov
- notices.uscourts.gov
- The National Creditor Registration Service
Because those systems are operated by BAE on the judiciary's behalf, the notice said the process of generating and distributing notices has been brought to a standstill.
Impact on federal bankruptcy courts and creditors
The judiciary's public notice makes clear the disruption affects the production and distribution of bankruptcy notices "for courts across the country." Those notices are typically the mechanism by which creditors, parties in interest, and other recipients receive formal information about filings, hearings, deadlines and related procedural events. With the BNC systems unavailable, the routine automatic generation and transmission of those notices is halted, and the Administrative Office is coordinating with the affected courts to manage the interruption.
What this means for bankruptcy courts, creditors, and BAE Systems
- Bankruptcy courts: Courts are being coordinated with by the Administrative Office to respond to the outage; the notice indicates courts are recipients of that coordination while BAE investigates and works to restore operations.
- Creditors and registered recipients: The distribution of bankruptcy notices has stopped nationwide, creating an operational gap in how those parties receive official case communications while systems remain unavailable.
- BAE Systems: As the operator of the BNC infrastructure, BAE is both the subject of the judiciary's coordination and the entity the notice identifies as actively investigating the incident and attempting to restore services.
The Administrative Office's notice supplies a clear account of impact and the current lines of response — the judiciary coordinating with courts and BAE investigating — but it does not specify the cause, the start date of the incident, whether data were accessed, or when services will resume. Those specific details remain unreported in the public notice.
Read the original notice and reporting here: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cyber-incident-bae-us-bankruptcy/
