Russia ‘responsible for hacking highly sensitive US court records’

Russia appears to be responsible for recently hacking US computers holding federal court documents.

The highly sensitive records that were breached could hold details on people charged with national security crimes, a few sources told The New York Times on Tuesday.

It is not clear if Russian intelligence or other nations were involved, or the specific organization.

Court system administrators recently told the Justice Department and federal court staff that ‘persistent and sophisticated cyber threat actors have recently compromised sealed records’, states an internal department memo obtained by the newspaper. ‘This remains an URGENT MATTER that requires immediate action.’

The report comes three days before US President Donald Trump is set to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin