North Dakota Supreme Court impacted by third-party data breach that has affected dozens of states
The North Dakota Supreme Court is among the victims of a data breach at C-Track, a third-party vendor used by court systems across the country. A criminal investigation is underway after the breach was disclosed to the court in late July.
Why this matters: Courts hold some of the most sensitive personal data that exists — criminal records, victim information, sealed filings, financial details, family court matters. When a single vendor serves dozens of states, one breach multiplies across all of them at once. That is the real problem here. C-Track sits between the public and their courts, and the people whose data was exposed had no choice but to trust it. The vendor, not the individuals, made the security decisions. That accountability gap is worth watching as the investigation unfolds.
Who should care: Cybersecurity · Privacy officers · Administrators · Lawyers · Compliance
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