New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- A creditor owed money by a company that filed for bankruptcy this week may not know it. The federal system that sends those notices for every bankruptcy court in the country has been down since October 9, and on Thursday the judiciary said the cause is a cybersecurity incident at the contractor that runs it.

BAE Systems runs the center's systems and websites on its behalf, and the incident "has also halted the BNC's production and distribution of bankruptcy notices."

The center's websites are unreachable, including bnc.uscourts.gov, bankruptcynotices.uscourts.gov, notices.uscourts.gov and the National Creditor Registration Service. The Administrative Office said it is in communication with the affected courts and c...