Legal Aid Agency Data Breach
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA), an executive agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Justice, confirmed a major data security breach concerning its digital case management and eligibility verification infrastructure.
Exposed Data Types
8- Names
- Government issued IDs
- Internal corporate data
- Financial information
- Physical addresses
- Dates of birth
- Phone numbers
- Email addresses
About This Breach
The incident, referred to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), impacted approximately 250,000 legal aid applicants and clients across England and Wales. Compromised data classes include full names, National Insurance numbers (NINO), confidential legal proceedings files, detailed financial means assessments, home addresses, dates of birth, telephone numbers, and email addresses.
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