US and Canadian court data exposed in Thomson Reuters breach
A breach of a Thomson Reuters records platform exposed sealed court information and sensitive personal data from courts across at least 12 U.S. states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada.
Why this matters: Sealed court records are sealed for a reason. They cover things like witness protection, domestic violence cases, juvenile records, and ongoing investigations. When that data leaks, real people face real danger. Thomson Reuters is not a scrappy startup — it is a major legal data infrastructure company. If it is handling sealed records, the security around those records has to match that responsibility. The people whose information was exposed did not choose Thomson Reuters. They had no say in where their most sensitive legal information was stored.
Who should care: Cybersecurity · Privacy officers · Administrators · General readers · Policy
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