UK Legal Aid Agency: Hackers stole records dating back to 1978

Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 08:06 AM UTC·Source: BleepingComputer

Updated: Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 09:00 AM UTC

Executive Summary

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA), an executive agency of the UK's Ministry of Justice that manages the country's Public Defender Service, says attackers who breached its IT systems in April 2025 stole records dating back to 1978. [...]

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Originally published by BleepingComputer on Oct 15, 2026.

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