Personal data of former Tory ministers, British troops and thousands of Afghans has been compromised in yet another embarrassing Ministry of Defence blunder. The Mailhas the details.
Defence officials sent a warning on Friday to 3,700 affected individuals warning their personal details, including their name, date of birth and passport number, had been hacked.
It comes exactly a month after it was revealed the MoD had been running secrets flights to Britain, bringing in thousands of Afghans after a data blunder put 100,000 of them “at risk of death” from the Taliban. …
Such is the sensitivity of the leak that both the National Crime Agency and the National Cyber Security Centre are involved in the investigation.
It follows a cyber attack on a third-party sub-contractor used by the MoD for flights into Stansted – the airport that brings Afghans to the UK.
They have been flown over in a secret operation following a major data leak, which was uncovered in 2023 and then remained secret for almost two years after an unprecedented government super-injunction. …
A subcontractor called Inflite The Jet Centre which provides ground handling services for flights to the airport was compromised. It also handles flights for the Cabinet Office. …
In a statement, Inflite The Jet Centre Limited said it “recently experienced a data security incident involving unauthorised access to a limited number of company emails.
“We have reported the incident to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and have been actively working with the relevant UK cyber authorities to support our investigation and response.
“We believe the scope of the incident was limited to email accounts only, however, as a precautionary measure, we have contacted our key stakeholders whose data may have been affected during the period of January to March 2024.” …
The government super-injunction was imposed after a list of those looking to relocate to Britain from Afghanistan after the Taliban took back control was accidentally emailed out by a soldier.
When the Daily Mail uncovered the leak, it, followed by other media, was gagged.
The total legal bill over the news blackout came to almost £2.5 million, an FOI obtained by the Guido Fawkes website revealed on Friday.
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EUbrainwashing
1 year ago
Clearly a central digital ID database, and worse still one linked to an obligatory CBDC, is a terrible idea. A honeypot for hackers. But what of that risk would our rulers care. Not a jot I’d wager.
Myra
1 year ago
I keep hearing about ‘super injunctions’.
Who decides on an injunction? What is the process?
EppingBlogger
1 year ago
The spin is to blame the Ministry of Defence. But isn’t it really a failure of the government and the entire blob.
Marque1
1 year ago
No Labour politicians?
Jeff Chambers
1 year ago
Whenever an element of government points a finger at itself and says, “Look how silly and incompetent we are!”, then it’s reasonable to suppose that it’s trying to cover something up.
Bill Bailey
1 year ago
Perhaps it wasn’t a blunder? It’s no telling who has infiltrated the MoD over the last 25 years or so.
Jon Garvey
1 year ago
Roll on the human right of a universal digital ID! Nothing could possibly go wrong!
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Clearly a central digital ID database, and worse still one linked to an obligatory CBDC, is a terrible idea. A honeypot for hackers. But what of that risk would our rulers care. Not a jot I’d wager.
I keep hearing about ‘super injunctions’.
Who decides on an injunction? What is the process?
The spin is to blame the Ministry of Defence. But isn’t it really a failure of the government and the entire blob.
No Labour politicians?
Whenever an element of government points a finger at itself and says, “Look how silly and incompetent we are!”, then it’s reasonable to suppose that it’s trying to cover something up.
Perhaps it wasn’t a blunder? It’s no telling who has infiltrated the MoD over the last 25 years or so.
Roll on the human right of a universal digital ID! Nothing could possibly go wrong!