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Minnesota Supreme Court Hit by Third-Party Data Breach

Minnesota court users' Social Security numbers and medical data may be exposed after Thomson Reuters' C-Track was breached. Case documents remain safe.

By Content Team

Sep 4, 2026

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The Minnesota Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Tax Court, and Court of Administrative Hearings all had user data compromised in a breach at their vendor, Thomson Reuters Court Management Solutions. Attackers were inside the C-Track case management platform from March 1 until June 29, and Thomson Reuters only discovered the intrusion on June 30.

The exposed backup data may include names alongside Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, dates of birth, medical information and health insurance details. Case documents such as orders and briefs were not affected, and Minnesota courts are operating normally. Chief Justice Natalie Hudson called the compromise deeply troubling.

Minnesota's judicial branch has cut Thomson Reuters' access to court information. Every Minnesota C-Track user has to reset their password — old credentials will lock the account — and affected individuals are being offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

This reaches well past Minnesota. Courts in at least eleven other states, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Ontario, Canada were caught in the same intrusion, which Thomson Reuters says happened inside its own environment rather than the courts' systems. Investigators are still working out what was taken.

Source: CBS News Minnesota

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