3 w. ago UK relocated Afghan family after they sought data breach disclosure via law firm

Most of the 25,000 Afghans whose details were in the leaked database were not notified until this month

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3 w. ago Chaos and fear as Afghans exposed in huge data breach left in limbo by UK

Exclusive: ‘We don’t deserve this’ – Afghans who worked with UK forces left behind after the fall of Kabul and affected by the breach call on the UK to evacuate them now

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3 w. ago MoD to ‘robustly defend’ compensation claims from Afghans in data breach case

The data breach saw details of 18,714 applicants for the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme released in 2022.

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3 w. ago Hundreds of MoD data breaches revealed as security questions raised in wake of Afghan data breach

In one incident last year, the names and bank details of 272,000 staff were breached when one of its systems was hacked

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3 w. ago 'We saved lives,' says Grant Shapps in defence of super injunction on leaked list of SAS, MI6 and Afghan names

‘There are times where you simply have to act in the most maximalist way in order to stop people from being murdered and executed,’ said the former Defence Secretary

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3 w. ago Top Tory Grant Shapps claims Afghan data breach kept secret over risk of executions

In his first comments since news of an unprecedented superinjunction was made public, the ex-Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said his focus was on 'sorting out the mess and saving lives'

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3 w. ago 'We saved lives,' says Grant Shapps in defence of super injunction on leaked list of Afghan, MI6 and SAS names

‘There are times where you simply have to act in the most maximalist way in order to stop people from being murdered and executed,’ said the former Defence Secretary

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3 w. ago British spies and special forces soldiers exposed in Afghan data breach

More than 100 names of British government personnel were also exposed by the leak

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3 w. ago British spies and special forces soldiers had data leaked in Afghan breach

More than 100 names of British government personnel were also exposed by the leak

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3 w. ago Intelligence committee demands to know why ministers kept them in the dark over Afghan data breach

The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has warned there was no grounds for information to be withheld from them

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3 w. ago Defence secretary revealed sensitive Afghan data breach details – but media still banned from reporting it

John Healey revealed details to MPs that have previously been kept secret – the media is fighting to be allowed to tell you what it is

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3 w. ago Defence secretary revealed sensitive Afghan data breach details

John Healey revealed details to MPs that have previously been kept secret - the media is fighting to be allowed to tell you what it is

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3 w. ago Government 'faces £1bn compensation claim' over Afghan data breach

Lawyers representing the Afghan data breach victims say they will sue for compensation

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3 w. ago Information that led to Afghan superinjunction being lifted was available last year, government admits

Fresh questions have been raised over why the unprecedented gagging order was maintained for so long when the level of risk to Afghans was known last year

Politics

3 w. ago Starmer’s fury over Afghan data breach as he warns Tories ‘have questions to answer’

On a dramatic day in Westminster, questions have been asked over why nobody was sacked for the data breach and why the information commissioner is not planning to investigate

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on the Afghan leak superinjunction: a dangerous precedent is set | Editorial

In an era of mistrust in politics, the government now has a duty to bring maximum transparency to a very opaque scandalOne of many extraordinary features of the data breach that put tens of thousands of Afghan lives in jeopardy is the length of time between the original leak and the government taking action. The email containing a highly sensitive dataset was sent from a Ministry of Defence computer in February 2022. Ministers were not aware of the problem until August 2023.The fact that the MoD’s systems were lax enough for the error to have been made is worrying enough. The delayed response is more alarming still. And then there is the disturbing mechanism by which the whole scandal was kept from the public eye.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Betrayal after betrayal: Afghan special forces abandoned by Britain had details leaked in MoD data breach

Soldiers from two specialist units have faced death and torture by the Taliban after being let down by Britain

Politics

4 w. ago UK politics live: Suella Braverman apologises for Tory government ‘failures’ over Afghan data breach

Email blunder triggered the evacuation of thousands of Afghans who were brought to the UK under a secret resettlement scheme

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4 w. ago UK politics live: ‘Angry’ Starmer says Tories have questions to answer over Afghanistan data breach

Email blunder triggered the evacuation of thousands of Afghans who were brought to the UK under a secret resettlement scheme

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4 w. 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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