The self-inflicted data breach exposed details of nearly 10,000 officers and civilian staff members
Names addresses and dates of birth attached to replies to FOI requests
Information accidentally published in response to FoI request
Watchdog lacks teeth: 68 per cent of fines issued since January 2019 haven't been paid
Only one council admits to paying the ransom with the rest claiming they simply restored from backups
Regulator forced to admit to multiple data breaches following Freedom of Information request
Croydon, Greenwich, Havering, and Hillingdon spent more than £500,000 on Oracle over the past two years
Revelation follows public warning from ICO for law firms to get their act together over data protection