Northern Ireland police data leak: man arrested

The self-inflicted data breach exposed details of nearly 10,000 officers and civilian staff members

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Northern Ireland police data leak: man arrested
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Northern Ireland police data leak: man arrested

A man from Lurgan, County Armagh, has been arrested by investigators probing the data breach that occurred at the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) last week.

The PSNI said the 39-year-old was apprehended under suspicion of gathering information potentially beneficial to terrorists. Detectives are currently interrogating the individual at the Musgrave...

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