Northern Ireland’s police authority was on Oct 3 fined £750,000 (S$1.29 million) over a data breach that saw the personal details of police and intelligence officers posted on a website.
The identities of all 9,483 staff members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) were mistakenly published online on Aug 8, 2023, after a freedom of information request. Hidden data on a spreadsheet uploaded to a website revealed the surnames, initials, ranks and roles of the entire PSNI workforce, said the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) regulator.
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Source: The Straits Times
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