News: Court Systems Security Incident

TOPEKA—The Supreme Court filed Administrative Order 2024-RL-061 yesterday, which reinstates a requirement that courts process filed documents within four business hours.  The processing requirement in Supreme Court Rule 23(c)(2) was...

TOPEKA—Electronic filing in existing Kansas appellate cases will resume July 1 and become mandatory July 8, ending most paper-only processes in place since an October 2023 cybersecurity incident impacted the Kansas court system. Restoring...

TOPEKA—Kansas district courts affected by an October 12 cybersecurity incident have finished working through a backlog of new cases and paper documents filed while court information systems were offline from mid-October to early January...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Office of Judicial Administration worked with a vendor to contact individuals whose personal information was accessed during an October 12 cybersecurity incident to provide them more information about the incident and...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court released an order today to reinstate electronic filing requirements in district courts.  Administrative Order 2024-CC-006, which takes effect January 31, requires attorneys and other efiling users to...

Efiling restored statewide, reducing paper filings in district courtsTOPEKA—Kansas courts reached another milestone this week in their recovery from an October 12 cyberattack that disrupted access to information systems used by courts...

Portal allows record searches and online payments to courts TOPEKA—The portal that allows anyone anywhere to search Kansas district court cases over the internet is back online, but its information is temporarily out of date while...

Access to efiling system expected after first of yearTOPEKA—The Kansas judicial branch phased restoration of the Kansas eCourt case management system in district courts continues, although at a slower pace than had been planned.The case...

Access to efiling system not expected before end of yearTOPEKA—The Kansas judicial branch is beginning its phased restoration of the Kansas eCourt case management system starting with three judicial districts Wednesday and a plan to reach...

TOPEKA—The Kansas judicial branch tentatively plans to restore most information systems used by district courts in 104 Kansas counties by year-end, including systems used to process cases and receive electronically filed documents. The...

TOPEKA—The seven justices of the Kansas Supreme Court released the following statement today regarding the October 12 security incident that disrupted access to information systems used by courts statewide.   Statement from Kansas...

TOPEKA—Attorneys and self-represented litigants will be able to provide service by email under a temporary rule adopted today by the Supreme Court. Administrative Order 2023-RL-077, signed today by Chief Justice Marla Luckert, sets out...

TOPEKA—Today, the judicial branch opened a public access service center in the Kansas Judicial Center to give members of the public their first access to district court case information since court information systems were taken offline...

TOPEKA—Efforts are underway to bring judicial branch information systems back online in phases, although there is not a firm timeline when they will be fully restored. “Our phased recovery includes upgrading firewalls, rebuilding our...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court issued Administrative Order 2023-CC-074 today confirming clerk offices in the appellate courts and all district courts—except the court in Johnson County—remain unable to receive electronic filings...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court says state courts will stay open and rely on paper filings while the Office of Judicial Administration works with experts to find the reason for and the extent of a security incident that disrupted the...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court today issued Administrative Order 2023-CC-073 declaring court clerk offices inaccessible for electronic filings through Sunday, October 15.The Supreme Court took this action to give the judicial branch time to...

TOPEKA—The Kansas court system is experiencing network issues and it’s affecting user access to some online services.   Systems affected include:Kansas Courts eFilingKansas District Court Public Access PortalAppellate Case...