IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
IN RE:
PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY
GENERAL’S OFFICE CYBERATTACK,
STANDING ORDER
AND NOW, this 19th day of August, 2025, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office
having experienced a cyberattack which has caused significant disruptions to the Office’s daily
activities by disabling attorney access to data necessary to: contact witnesses, timely respond to
substantive pleadings, conduct discovery, and prepare for court appearances, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED that all civil matters in which an attorney from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s
Office has entered an appearance shall be STAYED for thirty (30) days, with such stay to be
lifted on September 18, 2025, except insofar as any Judge who is presiding over any such matter
may determine that extenuating circumstances warrant lifting the stay with respect to that matter
prior to such date.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any litigant who concludes that such stay will
negatively affect their substantive or procedural rights shall so state by docketing an objection in
the relevant civil action.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Wendy Beetlestone_________________
WENDY BEETLESTONE, C.J.
