# Ministry of Justice apologizes after court staff accessed Southport victims' files

DevFeed: [Ministry of Justice apologizes after court staff accessed Southport victims' files](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ministry-of-justice-apologizes-after-court-staff-accessed-southport-victims-files-30932.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/16/ministry-of-justice-apologizes-after-court-staff-accessed-southport-victims-files/5296808>)

Author: Connor Jones

Published: 2026-09-16T10:42:28Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/www-theregister-com-articles.md>)

Topics: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Security & Privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security-privacy.md>)

Tags: [data-protection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-protection.md>), [information](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/information.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [united-kingdom](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/united-kingdom.md>)

## AI overview

The UK Ministry of Justice apologized after court staff accessed files belonging to Southport victims. The files contained sensitive personal data, but there is no evidence that the information was shared with third parties.

## Source excerpt

Sensitive personal data was involved, but there is no evidence it was shared with third parties