Court systems across Washington state have been down since Sunday when officials said "unauthorized activity" was detected on their networks.
This ongoing data system outage affects all state courts' judicial information systems, websites, and associated services.
According to statements from affected state courts, the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) acted quickly after discovering the incident to secure critical court systems and is currently working to restore impacted services, the Seattle Times
first reported.
"In an abundance of caution, we proactively took down our systems to secure them and are working around the clock with leading experts to restore services as quickly as possible," AOC associate director Wendy Ferrell said.
While some municipal and district courts, like the ones in
Bainbridge Island,
Monroe,
Puyallup, Milton, and
Thurston County, are operating
with limited services, the Pierce County Superior Court Clerk's Office—which is also working on restoring services—has
announced that online access is still available as the impact on its systems and operations is limited.
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