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Some 3,700 Afghans, British troops and civil servants may have fallen victim to a new data breach, after an incident involving a company linked to the Ministry of Defence. Stansted-based Inflite The Jet Centre Ltd suffered a data security incident Read More …
The identities of more than 100 British officials, including members of the special forces and MI6, were compromised in a data breach that also put thousands of Afghans at risk of reprisal, it can be reported. The latest fallout from Read More …
Afghan nationals whose personal information was mistakenly exposed by the Ministry of Defence in 2021 will be offered up to £4,000 each in compensation, the government has said. The data breaches affected 277 people, some of whom had worked for Read More …
British police forces have signed contracts with a controversial US tech giant to buy AI-powered software that uses data about an individual’s race, sex life, health and political beliefs, it can be revealed. An internal police memo obtained by The Read More …
Pinpointing and eliminating enemy targets will take place faster than ever before, as the Government invests more than £1 billion to equip the UK Armed Forces with a pioneering battlefield system. A new Cyber and Electromagnetic Command will also be Read More …
The Ministry of Defence is investigating after a cache of documents containing sensitive military information was found discarded in the street. The papers, some marked “official – sensitive”, were discovered spilling out of a black bin bag in the Scotswood Read More …
The government suspects China was behind the hack of an armed forces payroll system, the BBC understands. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps will not identify a specific culprit when he addresses MPs today, but is expected to warn of the dangers Read More …
Top secret security information on British military and intelligence sites has been leaked online by hackers linked to Russia. They released thousands of pages of data which could help criminals get into the HMNB Clyde nuclear submarine base, the Porton Read More …
A joint operation involving intelligence agency GCHQ and the Ministry of Defence took direct action against computer networks used by cyber criminals, helping to protect people against cyberattacks and also making hundreds of thousands of stolen credit cards worthless to Read More …
An imposter posing as Ukraine’s prime minister tricked his way into a video call with the UK’s defence secretary in a suspected Russian ploy. Ben Wallace ordered an immediate inquiry into the security breach on Thursday. During the hoax call Read More …