Police data breach: 20,000 data points 'at risk'

Last month's attack could have unveiled officers' names and photos

Tom Allen
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Police data breach: 20,000 data points 'at risk'

A ransomware attack on a third party supplier last month may have revealed a swathe of information on active police staff, a senior officer has said.

Digital ID, a Stockport-based firm that makes ID cards for several police organisations in the UK, was the victim of a ransomware attack last month. Lee Rawlinson, chief resource officer at Grea...

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