A cyberattack against government contractor BAE Systems has disrupted the federal Judiciary’s bankruptcy-notice infrastructure, stopping online access as well as the production and distribution of notices.
The incident was publicly reported on October 16, 2026. Its occurrence, detection and isolation dates were not specified.
According to an Administrative Office of the US Courts statement cited by BleepingComputer, every BAE-operated Bankruptcy Noticing Center system and website was unavailable at the time of the statement.
Bankruptcy notice and creditor services affected
The disruption covers three federal court domains:
bnc.uscourts.govbankruptcynotices.uscourts.govnotices.uscourts.gov
The National Creditor Registration Service is also affected. Beyond preventing users from reaching the websites, the attack halted the systems used to produce and distribute bankruptcy notices.
That creates an immediate operational problem for federal bankruptcy courts and for users who depend on the affected services to receive notices or manage creditor registrations. The available reporting did not quantify how many courts, notices, creditors or records are involved.
BAE investigates as services remain unavailable
The Administrative Office said it was communicating with affected courts and coordinating its response with BAE Systems. The contractor was investigating the attack and working to restore operations.
No restoration schedule was provided. The statement therefore supports treating the listed systems and websites as unavailable until the Judiciary or BAE announces that service has resumed.
BleepingComputer reported that representatives for both BAE Systems and the US Courts were not immediately available to provide further comment at publication time. The report attributes the outage to a cyberattack but does not identify the attack method or establish whether information was accessed in addition to the confirmed service disruption.
