Thomson Reuters Court Software Breach May Have Exposed SSNs and Sealed Data
Unauthorized access to Thomson Reuters' C-Track court platform may have exposed SSNs and sealed records across 11 US states, USVI, and Ontario.
Thomson Reuters' West Publishing disclosed that an unauthorized party obtained files from the C-Track court case management platform starting in March 2026, with access to one environment running from March 1 through June 29, 2026 per Montana's account. Notices name roughly 24 court bodies across 11 US states, the US Virgin Islands, and Ontario, including appellate courts in Minnesota, Ohio, Montana, and Pennsylvania. Exposed data may include names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, dates of birth, medical and health insurance information, and confidential or sealed court records. The company is offering 12 months of Experian or TransUnion monitoring, and courts disagree over whether the vendor's backup cloud environment or the production platform was accessed.
Thomson Reuters reveals breach that exposed U.S. and Canadian court records
Thomson Reuters disclosed a C-Track breach exposing court records and personal data across at least 12 US states, US Virgin Islands, and Canada.
Thomson Reuters discovered unauthorized activity in its C-Track court case management platform on June 30, 2026, tracing the intrusion to March 2026. Affected systems include Ontario's three courts, Wyoming's entire state judiciary, and appellate and supreme courts across at least 12 US states plus the US Virgin Islands. Exposed records may include names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, medical information, dates of birth, and health insurance details, with some sealed court information possibly affected. The company is offering 12 months of free credit monitoring and reports no evidence of fraud so far; attribution and access method remain unknown.
Texas Utility CenterPoint Energy Confirms Data Breach After Hacker Claims 7.49M Records Stolen
CenterPoint Energy confirmed a breach after a hacker claimed stealing 7.49 million customer records, including partial Social Security numbers, via an unprotected API.
CenterPoint Energy disclosed in an SEC 8-K filing that an unauthorized third party obtained personal information of a portion of its customers through an external-facing system. A threat actor using the alias '4d722e4d656f77' claimed on a cybercrime forum to have extracted over 7.49 million records, including names, addresses, account numbers, billing data, and partial Social Security numbers, via an API lacking authentication, rate limiting, and WAF protection. The company confirmed the breach but not the record count; energy services were unaffected and the investigation is ongoing.
Texas Utility CenterPoint Energy Confirms Breach After Hacker Leaks Data
CenterPoint Energy confirmed hackers stole customer personal data from an external-facing system after a forum leak of 7.5 million records.
CenterPoint Energy, a Houston-based utility serving roughly 7 million customers across Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Texas, told the SEC that an unauthorized third party obtained customer personal information through an external-facing system. On September 12 a hacker claimed to have stolen nearly 7.5 million records and posted a 2.5 GB archive on a cybercrime forum, threatening to attack main infrastructure next. The company says electric and gas delivery is unaffected and it expects no material impact. Earlier 2024 leak claims were attributed to Cl0p's 2023 MOVEit campaign via a third party.
Electric and gas utility CenterPoint Energy warns of data breach after dark web post
CenterPoint Energy confirmed hackers stole customer personal data from an external-facing system after a dark web post claimed 7.5 million records.
Texas utility CenterPoint Energy filed an SEC 8-K disclosing that a dark web post claimed to sell data stolen from the company, and an investigation confirmed personal information was taken from an external-facing system. The criminal post claims about 7.5 million records including customer names, account information, last four Social Security digits and billing data. Electric and gas service was not impacted; the company serves 7 million customers across Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Texas, and previously disclosed a 2023 breach via a file-sharing platform.
US and Canadian Court Records Breached Following Thomson Reuters Incident
Thomson Reuters disclosed a breach of its C-Track court software exposing sensitive case records across Ontario courts and 11 US states.
Thomson Reuters detected unauthorized access to its C-Track case management product on June 30 and disclosed the incident on September 2. Files from three Ontario courts and appellate courts in 11 US states plus the US Virgin Islands were affected, potentially exposing names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, medical information, dates of birth and health insurance data. The company said financial transaction systems were not impacted and found no evidence of misuse; the investigation into exact scope is ongoing.