Europol blames rogue officer for leak of 700 pages of data on serious crimes across Europe

Carly Page
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Data on 54 European investigations leaked following security breach by "experienced" officer

Europol, the pan-EU policing agency, claims that a rogue officer was to blame for security breach that led to some 700 pages of sensitive data about investigations being exposed online.  The bre...

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