Significant amount of personal data accessed in Legal Aid Agency data breach

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Ministry of Justice headquarters in London.

Ministry of Justice headquarters in London. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Ministry of Justice headquarters in London. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Information including applicants’ criminal records downloaded in April cyber-attack, justice ministry confirms

A “significant amount of personal data” of people who applied online to the Legal Aid Agency since 2010, including criminal records, was accessed and downloaded in a cyber-attack in April, the Ministry of Justice has said.

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