承包商系统遭网络安全事件：联邦破产通知中心下线 全国破产通知制作与发送暂停
据路透社报道，美国法院行政办公室（AOC）10月15日（周四）表示，为联邦司法系统运营破产通知中心（Bankruptcy Noticing Center，BNC）系统的承包商BAE Systems IT发生网络安全事件，该中心多项在线服务已经下线。
法院行政办公室在声明中说，BAE Systems IT是英国防务承包商BAE Systems旗下部门，代联邦司法系统运营破产通知中心的系统与网站，目前正调查这起事件并着手恢复运营。该中心负责为全美所有联邦破产法院制作并发送破产通知。声明说，目前破产通知中心系统与相关网站的全部访问均不可用，通知的制作与发送已经暂停，受影响的还包括bnc.uscourts.gov、bankruptcynotices.uscourts.gov、notices.uscourts.gov等网站以及全国债权人登记服务。
BAE Systems发言人10月16日（周五）表示，公司已知悉这起仅限于破产通知中心系统的安全事件，已立即采取应对措施，并正与法院方面密切协调处理。
据多家联邦法院发布的提示，这次中断始于10月9日，电子通知与纸质通知均受影响，债权人会议相关通知的送达可能延迟。各法院表示仍照常受理立案与文件提交；得克萨斯州北区联邦破产法院在周四的指引中说，该院继续受理申请、开立案件并处理文件，已排定的听证除非法院另有命令照常举行，当事人可申请延长截止期限或推迟听证。（GSM 据路透社报道）
Cyber Incident Takes Bankruptcy Noticing Center Offline, Halting Notice Production for Federal Bankruptcy Courts Nationwide
Several online services supporting the federal bankruptcy system have gone offline after a cybersecurity incident at a court contractor, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOC) said on Thursday, according to Reuters.
In a statement, the AOC said BAE Systems IT, a unit of British defense contractor BAE Systems, operates the Bankruptcy Noticing Center's systems and websites on behalf of the federal judiciary, and is investigating the incident and working to restore operations. The center produces and transmits bankruptcy notices for all federal bankruptcy courts in the country. All access to the center's systems and websites, and to the related noticing process, is currently unavailable, the AOC said, and production and distribution of bankruptcy notices has halted. Affected services include bnc.uscourts.gov, bankruptcynotices.uscourts.gov, notices.uscourts.gov and the National Creditor Registration Service.
A BAE Systems spokesperson said on Friday that the company was aware of a security incident isolated to the noticing center system, had taken immediate steps to address it, and was coordinating closely with the courts.
According to notices issued by several federal courts, the disruption began on October 9 and affects both electronic and paper notices, with possible delays in delivering notices including those for meetings of creditors. Courts said they continue to accept filings; the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas said in guidance issued Thursday that it would keep accepting filings, opening cases and processing documents, that scheduled hearings would proceed unless the court ordered otherwise, and that parties could request deadline extensions or hearing postponements. (GSM, based on Reuters reporting)
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