Unidentified hackers temporarily blocked access to the federal court system’s public website on Friday, preventing lawyers from filing legal documents, Politico reported.<\/p>\n
The denial-of-service attack hit uscourts.gov, as well as other federal court websites around the country, a spokesman for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts told Politico. PACER, the court system access page that provides information on cases, and its electronic filing system also were affected.<\/p>\n
The spokesman said the court system was investigating to determine who was responsible.<\/p>\n
The blockage meant that attorneys could not file documents and that documents could not be retrieved online.<\/p>\n
Reuters was not immediately able to confirm the report.<\/p>\n
(Reporting by Bill Trott; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)<\/p>\n
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