Breachesby IbisLegal Aid Agency
Disclosed Oct 15, 2026yesterdayUnverified
Legal Aid Agency cyberattack: Compromised data goes back to 1978
Tevye Markson has an update on the April 2025 breach of the UK's Legal Aid Agency, previously reported on this site: A new update on the Legal Aid Agency data breach has revealed that the data which was compromised in a cyberattack in 2025 goes back as far as 1978. The LAA on Wednesday announced... Source
What is known
| People affected | Not stated in the sources we have |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Not stated |
| Sector | Government · GB |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
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History of this record
First recordedby dailySource
First seen 2026-10-16 (Security news). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.