"The chief executive of the Legal Aid Agency has told MPs that the organisation is still working out the extent of a cyberattack that was uncovered back in the spring. Jane Harbottle told members of parliament's Public Accounts Committee that a team of analysts is still exploring how much of the compromised data can be pieced back together. She told recent PAC evidence session that the work could take several more weeks to complete."
"In a joint statement with sponsor department the Ministry of Justice, the LAA announced on 19 May that it had taken down its digital services after a cyberattack that was detected the previous month. The statement said that the hack had first been identified on 23 April, but had subsequently been found to be "more extensive" than previously thought. The MoJ and LAA said that the perpetrators "had accessed a large amount of information relating to legal aid applicants"."
The Legal Aid Agency is still determining the full extent of a cyberattack uncovered in spring, with analysts attempting to reconstruct compromised data; work could take several more weeks. No evidence has emerged that accessed data has been published on the dark web so far. Digital services were taken down on 19 May after a breach detected earlier, with the hack first identified on 23 April but later found to be more extensive. Investigations show the first-known attacker entry via the Legal Aid portal on 31 December and indicate that perpetrators accessed a large amount of information relating to legal aid applicants. An injunction was obtained to prohibit publication or use of any seized data.
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