Hackers working for the Russian government infiltrated the U.S. courts’ records system, gaining access for multiple years and enabling them to steal sensitive documents and sealed records, Bloomberg News reports.

According to a report reviewed by Bloomberg and unidentified people familiar with the matter, the hackers gained access to the judiciary’s federal case management system by using stolen user credentials and exploiting a security vulnerability in an outdated server that the federal judiciary had been using. Although the report does not identify the culprits, investigators have linked them to a Russian state-sponsored hacking group.

The intrusion allowed the hackers to steal sealed documents that involve money laundering, fraud and agents working for foreign governments and could include sensitive information that could hamper investigations or identify witnesses and whistleblowers.

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