The U.S. federal courts use a digital system to store important documents. Many of these documents are secret. In 2020, this system had a serious security breach. It is believed that hackers from Russia were responsible.
After this incident, the courts promised Congress they would solve the problem. They said they would harden the system to protect it from future attacks. The goal was to make sure the secret information was completely safe.
However, the process of improving the system was very slow. For five years, the system remained vulnerable. This means it was still weak and easy to attack.
Because the security was not improved enough, the system was hacked again five years later. This second breach showed that the promise to fix the problem had not been met, leaving sensitive information at risk once more.