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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Margaret Davis

Solicitors criticise ‘antiquated’ Legal Aid Agency IT system after cyber attack

The breach was first discovered on April 23, the Ministry of Justice said (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Archive)

The “antiquated” IT system used by the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has come under fire after a major cyber attack saw potentially millions of pieces of personal data stolen, including criminal records.

A “significant amount of personal data” of people who applied to the agency since 2010 was accessed and downloaded in a cyber attack in April this year, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said.

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