UK Legal Aid Agency: Hackers stole records dating back to 1978

By Sergiu Gatlan

AI Summary

A forensic review of the April 2025 breach of the UK Legal Aid Agency (LAA), an executive arm of the Ministry of Justice, revealed stolen records dating back to 1978 — far older than initially disclosed — with most compromised data covering applications, claims, and payments submitted between 2007 and 2025. The expanded scope implicates decades of sensitive legal aid applicant data and signals that the original breach assessment significantly underestimated the attacker's access.

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