Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime
Commons · Question 71865 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Chris Bloore
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
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 8 Sep 2025
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...