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There
are
many
words
and
phrases
that
could
be
used
to
describe
the
federal
case
management
system.
“Up-to-date”
is
not
one
of
them.
That’s
why
no
one
was
surprised
when
PACER
got
hacked
earlier
this
month.
Who
knows,
maybe
someone
chucked
“maga2024!”
in
the
password
box
and
lucked
out?
What
you
can
be
sure
of
is
that
it
would
be
harder
for
hackers
to
do
their
namesake
if
the
government
did
a
better
job
of
securing
case
information.
A
senator
is
taking
his
complaints
to
the
top
of
the
federal
judiciary
in
the
hopes
of
getting
the
ball
rolling.
Reuters
has
coverage:
U.S.
Senator
Ron
Wyden
on
Monday
asked
Chief
U.S.
Supreme
Court
Justice
John
Roberts
to
commission
an
independent
review
of
the
federal
judiciary’s
cybersecurity
practices,
following
a
major
hack
of
the
court
system’s
electronic
case
management
system.Wyden,
a
Democrat
from
Oregon,
in
a
letter
to
Roberts
said
the
recent
breach
of
the
federal
judiciary’s
filing
system
marked
the
second
time
since
2020
it
had
been
hacked
by
foreign
actors
exploiting
the
same
cyber
vulnerabilities.
Might
take
Roberts
a
while
—
he’s
probably
still
going
through
the
backlog
of
little
drawings
with
signatures
on
the
crotch
from
a
guy
that
was
super
appreciative
of
him
doing
a
big
favor.
That
said,
the
Chief
Justice
has
already
displayed
an
interest
in
technological
developments,
maybe
that
could
morph
in
to
an
interest
toward
cybersecurity.
Ron
Wyden
pointed
out
that
the
government’s
failure
to
strengthen
cybersecurity
puts
highly
sensitive
and
confidential
information
at
risk.
Frankly,
does
anyone
else
find
it
strange
that
people
managed
to
use
threats
of
data
vulnerability
as
a
rallying
point
to
ban
TikTok
before
they
went
to
check
the
lock
on
sensitive
court
information?
It
isn’t
like
this
month’s
hacking
was
the
first
time;
the
same
software
was
hacked
by
several
people
back
in
2020.
Priorities,
people.
US
Senator
Calls
For
Independent
Review
Of
Federal
Judiciary
Cybersecurity
[Reuters]
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Whored
Himself
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Wants
America
To
Understand
That
He
Does
Not
Care
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
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