Check Court Notices Before Responding
The court suspects a malicious email link triggered Arizona’s attack around 11:30 on 24 September 2026. Staff contained it under two hours from detection. The court lists three copied backup groups:
- FARE debt data: about 1.3 million people; names, Social Security numbers and case identifiers.
- FCRB foster-care review reports: over 150,000 from 2010, without postal addresses or telephone contact details.
- Protective orders with active or inactive status.
People and report totals are not interchangeable. For compressed debt files, the court reports an absence of evidence for access, readability or sharing. The lookup warns of possible access. Neither statement proves copied data is unreadable or safe.
Verify before responding
The check is for debt-programme participants. It requests a surname, birth year and the final five SSN digits. Reach it through the hub, confirm the apps.azcourts.gov destination, and never enter those details through an unexpected message. If it is unavailable, return through the hub later.
The hub advises potentially affected debtors to consider a credit freeze and links to the FTC’s IdentityTheft.gov recovery service. This does not establish identity theft.
Containment does not shorten identifier lifetimes; record categories do not establish every field in every file. Keep the notice and a dated record of your check. Treat requests for money, credentials or identity documents separately; verify changes through independently obtained contact details. Do not copy sensitive identifiers into a shared incident log.
The initial court notice is dated 25 September 2026. Court information was rechecked on 20 October 2026; external lookup availability may change.
