Thomson Reuters Court Software Breach May Have Exposed SSNs and Sealed Data

Summary: Thomson Reuters disclosed that an unauthorized party obtained files from C-Track, the court case management platform sold by its West Publishing unit, in March 2026, affecting courts in 11 U.S. states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Ontario, Canada; West Publishing said it discovered the activity on June 30, 2026. The company said a subset of court records could contain names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, dates of birth, medical information, and health insurance information, and that "certain confidential, redacted or sealed information may have been impacted for certain affected courts."
What's compelling: Sealed and redacted court records may have been taken, and as of September 3 no party had published a count of affected individuals, the method by which the files were obtained, or the identity of whoever was responsible - while North Dakota reported an active criminal investigation.

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