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.
US and Canadian court data exposed in Thomson Reuters breach
Thomson Reuters disclosed a breach of its C-Track court platform exposing sealed court records and personal data across 12+ US states and Canada.
Thomson Reuters disclosed that an unauthorized party obtained files from C-Track, its court case management platform, affecting courts in at least 12 US states, the US Virgin Islands and Canada. The company discovered the activity on June 30 and evidence indicates access ran from March through June; the intrusion method, attacker identity and number of affected people remain unknown. Exposed data may include names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, medical information, dates of birth and health insurance details, including some sealed or redacted court records. Affected individuals are being offered 12 months of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection.