Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 71865

Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Chris Bloore

LabourRedditch

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were impacted by the cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency’s IT systems on 23 April 2025; what categories of (a) personal and (b) sensitive data were (i) accessed and (ii) taken; and what security

Answer

Sarah Sackman
To ensure we reached as many potentially impacted individuals as possible, the Ministry of Justice published a notice as swiftly as possible at 08:15 on 19 May on GOV.UK.The statement provides information about the cyber-attack and directs concerned membe...

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