A September 24 cyberattack on Arizona's court system stole PII for 1.3M people, including 30K orders of protection and 150K reports from a foster care board (Associated Press)

A cyberattack on Arizona’s court system exposed highly sensitive personal data on 1.3 million people, including protection orders and foster care records, creating significant privacy, safety, legal, and reputational risk. For CIOs and technology leaders, the incident underscores how concentrated repositories of regulated data are high-value targets and why IT teams need stronger identity controls, segmentation, monitoring, retention limits, and incident-response readiness.