Every police officer in Northern Ireland has data compromised in 'monumental' breach due to human error

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The data breach was brought to his attention at 4pm and was then taken down within the hour.

Writing on X , he said:"My officials are in close contact with senior officers and are keeping me updated." "We've responded to that request, which was seeking to understand the total numbers of officers and staff at all ranks and grade across the organisation, and in the response, unfortunately, one of our colleagues has embedded the source data, which informed that request.

When asked how useful the information would be to terrorist organisations, Mr Todd said the breach is of"significant concern" to many colleagues and information on how they can protect their own personal security has been passed down.An ICO spokesperson said:"The Police Service of Northern Ireland has made us aware of an incident and we are assessing the information provided."

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