UK Legal Aid Agency breach exposed records dating back to 1978

The UK government admitted that roughly 250,000 records stolen in the April 2025 Legal Aid Agency hack date from before 2007, including one from 1978 — far earlier than first believed. Data from HM Prison and Probation Service on offenders supervised in 2010–2017 was also accessed.

• About 250,000 records stolen, the oldest dating to 1978
• HMPPS data includes names, birth dates and case numbers from 2010–2017
• Intrusion detected April 23, 2025; scale confirmed only on May 16
• No indication the stolen data has been published or shared