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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Rupert Jones

How to protect your data after a cyber-attack

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Cyber-attacks have caused huge disruption at Marks & Spencer and the Co-op recently. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Another cyber-attack has hit the headlines – this one involving the personal data of hundreds of thousands of legal aid applicants in England and Wales.

It comes hard on the heels of recent cyber-attacks that caused huge disruption at Marks & Spencer and the Co-op, and has prompted fresh reminders for people to be extra-vigilant for any suspicious activity.

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