Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 100365

Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime

Tabled: 16 December 2025

Answered: 23 December 2025

Question

Ms Marie Rimmer

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, regarding the cyber attack in April 2025 on the Legal Aid Agency (LAA), other than the information on the LAA’s website, what steps have been taken to notify legal aid applicants that their confidential data has

Answer

Sarah Sackman

We take the security of people’s personal data extremely seriously. Firstly, to ensure transparency about the cyber- attack and that we reached as many potentially impacted individuals as possible, the Ministry of Justice published a notice shortly after ...

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