INSPECTING ARCHIVED INTELLIGENCE (OUTDATED VERSION).
Legal Aid Agency's Compromised Data Dates Back to 1978 Incident
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2026-10-15 12:18
CRITICAL
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DATA BREACH
Executive Summary
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The UK's Legal Aid Agency suffered a data breach in April 2025, compromising sensitive information dating back to 1978. The attack was attributed to ShinyHunters, an APT group claiming responsibility for the incident. The affected records primarily relate to applications, claims, or payments submitted between January 2007 and May 16, 2025, with approximately 250,000 records pre-dating this period. The breach targeted the Legal Aid Agency's data, which includes information on cases that were live during this time frame. The government had sought an injunction against ShinyHunters to prevent publication of stolen data, but it was unsuccessful in stopping the leak.
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Intelligence Metadata
Actors / Malware / CVEs / Campaigns
ShinyHuntersShinyHunters
Target & Sectors
FIVE_EYES
FIVE_EYES
governmentgovernment
Incident Timeline
between January 2007
Threat actors accessed and compromised data from the Legal Aid Agency dating back to January 2007.
April 2025
Threat actors successfully breached the UK's Legal Aid Agency in April 2025, compromising sensitive data that dated back to at least 1978.
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target_region
United Kingdom
Tevye Markson has an update on the April 2025 breach of the UK’s Legal Aid Agency, previously reported on this site:
A new update on the Legal Aid Agency data breach has revealed that the data which was compromised in a cyberattack in 2025 goes back as far as 1978.
tactic
Data Breach
Tevye Markson has an update on the April 2025 breach of the UK’s Legal Aid Agency, previously reported on this site:
A new update on the Legal Aid Agency data breach has revealed that the data which was compromised in a cyberattack in 2025 goes back as far as 1978.
organisation
the UK’s Legal Aid Agency
Tevye Markson has an update on the April 2025 breach of the UK’s Legal Aid Agency, previously reported on this site:
A new update on the Legal Aid Agency data breach has revealed that the data which was compromised in a cyberattack in 2025 goes back as far as 1978.
organisation
the Legal Aid Agency
Tevye Markson has an update on the April 2025 breach of the UK’s Legal Aid Agency, previously reported on this site:
A new update on the Legal Aid Agency data breach has revealed that the data which was compromised in a cyberattack in 2025 goes back as far as 1978.
16 May 2025
Threat actors accessed and compromised data from the Legal Aid Agency dating back to 1978, with most of the affected records related to applications, claims, or payments submitted between January 2007 and May 16, 2025.
May 2025
Threat actors ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on the Legal Aid Agency, resulting in compromised data dating back to 1978.
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data_breach
250,000 records
However, the agency said it has now confirmed that approximately 250,000 records predate 2007.
threat_actor
ShinyHunters
Although not specifically mentioned for the update, responsibility for the attack had been claimed by ShinyHunters, and the government had sought and obtained an injunction that was served on ShinyHunters to attempt to prevent publication of any stolen data.
In this case, the government stated that ShinyHunters’ claims could not be verified.
2026/10/15
Threat actors successfully breached the Legal Aid Agency's systems, compromising sensitive data dating back to 1978.
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organisation
Legal Aid Agency
Legal Aid Agency cyberattack:
Tactical Metrics
Metrics
data_breach
250,000
Records
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However, the agency said it has now confirmed that approximately 250,000 records predate 2007.
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Data Breaches
2026-10-15
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Last Updated: 2026-10-16T06:10
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Temporal Reference
April 2025
date
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organisation
Identified Entity
the UK’s Legal Aid Agency
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target region
Target Country
United Kingdom
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Cyber Operation Type
Data Breach
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Targeted Sector
Government
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Records
250,000
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ShinyHunters
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