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Oct 16 (Reuters) - ⁠Several online services supporting US federal courts' bankruptcy systems ‌have gone offline following a cybersecurity incident involving a court contractor, the Administrative Office of the US Courts (AOC) said on Thursday.

BAE Systems ​Inc., a U.S. subsidiaryof the British ⁠defense contractor BAE Systems, ⁠operates the Bankruptcy Noticing Center's (BNC) systems and websites on behalf ⁠of ‌the federal judiciary, the AOCsaid in a statement.

• BAE is "actively investigating this incident and working ⁠to restore operations," the AOC said in ​the statement.

• A ‌BAE Systems spokesperson said on Friday that the ⁠company is "aware ​of a security incident that is isolated to the BNC system" and has taken immediate steps to address it. BAE ⁠Systems is "coordinating closely" with the courts ​on the response, the spokesperson said.

• All access to the BNC systems and websites BAE operates on behalf of ⁠the judiciary and the related bankruptcy noticing process is unavailable, the AOC said.

• The BNC "produces and transmits bankruptcy notices for all federal bankruptcy courts around the country," the ​AOC said.

• Affected websites include ⁠bnc.uscourts.gov, bankruptcynotices.uscourts.gov, notices.uscourts.gov as well as the National Creditor Registration ​Service.

• The incident also "halted the BNC's ‌production and distribution of bankruptcy ​notices for bankruptcy courts," the AOC said.

(Reporting by AJ Vicens in Detroit; Editing by Rod Nickel)