Police officers from Northern Ireland fear for their lives, the chief interrupts his vacation. Big Data Leak

There were a total of two incidents related to . The first of them consisted in making available the data of all officers and people employed in the police (a total of about 9.3 thousand people) – it concerns, among others, about names and surnames, ranks, place of employment and affiliation to the unit, and even the number of working hours in a week – writes on Wednesday “”.

There were not only the data of people working in the intelligence service, but also information on people who had been suspended and partially retired, as well as on almost 40 people employed in the British Security Service (MI5), responsible, among others, for for internal security and protection of state secrets. The file contained data on a total of 10,799 people, and 32 pieces of information were assigned to each employee – a total of over 345,000. information. Deputy Chief of Police Chris Todd explained that this leak was due to an error by one of the employees. The data was visible on the network for about three hours.

This is a cause for serious concern for my colleagues and their families

– He admitted. launched an internal investigation and the Commander-in-Chief interrupted his holiday to return to Belfast. One of the police officers said anonymously in an interview with “” that this is probably the largest data leak in the history of the Northern Ireland police.

Northern Ireland. “Critical” data breach

The diary also reported on a second incident – someone had stolen a laptop and documents containing the names of around 200 people working for the Northern Ireland Police Service, as well as a police radio. The incident happened last month, but was first reported by the Belfast Telegraph on Wednesday. The police are still investigating the matter. The deputy chief of police said today that due to the threat to officers and their families, the services are “preparing for the worst”. He added that the incident was “critical”.

Northern Ireland. The terrorists could have obtained the identities of all the policemen

Terrorists who want Ireland as a republic continue to treat members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) as representatives of the hated British Crown. During the “Troubles” period – a bloody civil conflict that lasted 30 years – about 300 policemen lost their lives. This year, the anti-terror alert in the region was raised to the maximum level. This is the result of an attempted murder of a high-ranking Omagh police officer. John Caldwell was in critical condition but survived. According to the police, the perpetrators are members of the so-called New IRA. During a major data leak, members of terrorist organizations could get their hands on a dangerous tool.