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Federal court officials said Thursday that the judicial branch is taking steps to improve online security – including for sensitive case documents – after “escalated cyberattacks” aimed at its case management system.

“The federal Judiciary is taking additional steps to strengthen protections for sensitive case documents in response to recent escalated cyberattacks of a sophisticated and persistent nature on its case management system,” court officials said in a statement .

The judiciary is “further enhancing security of the system and to block future attacks.”

The statement from the judiciary’s administrative arm came a day after a report in Politico detailed a breach of its case ma

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