Legal aid cyber-attack has pushed sector towards collapse, say lawyers
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Feed Name: The Guardian – Data & Computer Security
Date Published: 2025-08-03
Date Updated: 2026-04-23
Author: Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent
A significant cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency resulted in the access and download of personal data for hundreds of thousands of applicants and left key online systems offline for months; the outage has prevented lawyers from accessing records and billing, forced contingency payments that are often inadequate, increased administrative workload, damaged client trust, and risks long-term reductions in legal-aid provision.
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