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MoD could face ‘substantial’ compensation claims over data breach, lawyer says
Sean Humber, from law firm Leigh Day, said that a data breach of thousands of Afghans’ personal information was ‘catastrophic ...
‘We failed those who protected us’: Independent readers react to UK’s ‘shameful’ MoD data breach
Our community has reacted with anger, disbelief and deep concern to revelations that a catastrophic Ministry of Defence data ...
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MoD cyber breach put thousands of Afghan lives at risk
Over 18,000 Afghan citizens eligible to relocate to the UK under a government programme to protect them from the Taliban were ...
Afghan data breach super injunction ‘deeply disturbing’ for press freedom, says Lewis Goodall
News Agents podcast co-host Lewis Goodall has warned that the wide-ranging super injunction used to silence UK media for two ...
Catastrophic MoD data breach that put up to 100,000 lives at risk finally revealed as superinjunction lifted
More than 16,000 Afghans were secretly brought to the UK in largest covert peacetime evacuation after MoD put them in danger of being targeted by the Taliban. Social affairs correspondent Holly Bancro ...
Inside the £7bn secret scramble to save lives after MoD data breach
The Ministry of Defence used a super-injunction to cover up a major data breach that put the lives of nearly 100,000 Afghans ...
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Taliban has used major data breach at MoD to target those who helped Britain, says former Afghan interpreter
A former Afghan interpreter told LBC that the Taliban may have used the major Ministry of Defence (MoD) data breach to target ...
Defence secretary revealed sensitive Afghan data breach details - but media still banned from reporting it
Sensitive details exposed by the huge Afghan data breach that put tens of thousands of people at risk were revealed by the defence secretary – but the media are still banned from reporting them.John ...