18 h. ago Voices: ‘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 breach, which put tens of thousands of Afghans at risk, was kept hidden under a superinjunction for nearly two years, as the government quietly launched a covert evacuation programme

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35 h. ago MoD official responsible for catastrophic Afghan data breach that cost billions still works for government

Email blunder potentially put up to 100,000 people at risk and triggered the evacuation of thousands of Afghans who were brought to the UK under a secret resettlement scheme

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37 h. ago As it happened: Farage attacks government’s handling of Afghan resettlement scheme

Security lapse has put tens of thousands of Afghans at heightened risk of murder and torture by the Taliban

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43 h. ago Defence Secretary admits MoD ‘serious departmental error’ put thousands of Afghans at risk

Defence secretary John Healey has admitted a “serious departmental error” within the Ministry of Defence put hundreds of thousands of Afghans at risk.

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44 h. ago Breach ‘one of many data losses’ connected to relocation scheme, government says

Security lapse has put tens of thousands of Afghans at heightened risk of murder and torture by the Taliban

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44 h. ago Nearly 8,000 Afghans to be relocated to UK because of breach

Security lapse has put tens of thousands of Afghans at heightened risk of murder and torture by the Taliban

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44 h. ago Live updates: Nearly 8,000 Afghans to be relocated to UK because of breach

Security lapse has put tens of thousands of Afghans at heightened risk of murder and torture by the Taliban

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44 h. ago Live updates: Farage attacks government’s handling of resettlement scheme

Security lapse has put tens of thousands of Afghans at heightened risk of murder and torture by the Taliban

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3 w. ago Trump and Hegseth admit doubts about level of damage to Iran nuclear sites

President calls intelligence ‘inconclusive’, while defence secretary describes harm to facilities as ‘moderate to severe’Donald Trump and the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, have admitted to some doubt over the scale of the damage inflicted on Iran’s nuclear sites by the US bombing at the weekend, after a leaked Pentagon assessment said the Iranian programme had been set back by only a few months.“The intelligence was very inconclusive,” Trump told journalists at a Nato summit in The Hague, introducing an element of uncertainty for the first time after several days of emphatic declarations that the destruction had been total. “The intelligence says we don’t know. It could’ve been very severe. That’s what the intelligence suggests.” Continue reading...

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