BAE Systems Cyber Incident Takes US Bankruptcy Noticing Center Offline for a Week
A BAE Systems cyber incident has kept US bankruptcy court noticing offline nationwide since October 9.
A cybersecurity incident at BAE Systems Inc. has kept the US Bankruptcy Noticing Center offline since October 9, 2026. BAE operates the service for the federal judiciary, which uses it to send notices in every bankruptcy court. Sites including bnc.uscourts.gov and the National Creditor Registration Service are unavailable, although courts can still accept filings. Neither BAE nor the judiciary has confirmed an attack or data access; the public cybersecurity acknowledgment came on October 15.
- BNC has been offline since October 9, 2026.
- The outage stops notices for every federal bankruptcy court.
- Filings continue, but creditor mailing lists cannot be generated.
- No confirmation yet of an attack or data theft.
- Vendors
- BAE Systems
- Products
- Bankruptcy Noticing Center
- Organizations
- Administrative Office of the US CourtsUS Courts
- Countries
- United StatesUnited Kingdom
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A cyber incident at a BAE Systems subsidiary just stopped every bankruptcy court in the US from sending notices, and the problem started a week ago. A security incident at BAE Systems Inc. , the US subsidiary of British defense contractor BAE Systems, has taken the Bankruptcy Noticing Center offline since October 9.
By Pierluigi Paganini · securityaffairs.com
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