The State Bar of California is currently investigating a data breach. According to the Associated Press, a website published confidential information about 260,000 attorney discipline cases in California and other jurisdictions.
The Los Angeles Times said officials learned about the data breach on February 24. All of the confidential information was that was published on the website called judyrecords.com was removed as of Saturday night (February 26).
According to AP, the records included case numbers, files, information about the types of cases and their statuses, respondent and complaining witnesses' names. The State Bar allows the public to search for case information, however, discipline details are not supposed to be available to the public.