UK Legal Aid Agency investigates cybersecurity incident

stapp · May 6, 2025

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA), an executive agency of the UK's Ministry of Justice that oversees billions in legal funding, warned law firms of a security incident and said the attackers might have accessed financial information.
Approximately 2,000 providers, including barristers, solicitor firms, and non-profit organizations, deliver civil and criminal legal aid services in England and Wales under contracts with the LAA. The agency employs around 1,250 staff and runs the country's Public Defender Service.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...d-agency-investigates-cybersecurity-incident/

stapp · May 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM

A "significant amount" of private data including criminal records has been hacked from the Legal Aid online system, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said.
The MoJ said said it became aware of a cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency's online digital services on April 23 of data dating back to 2010. It then became aware the incident was "more extensive than originally understood".
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgr5g4pv2l0o

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