Government unable to calculate Afghan data breach cost, watchdog says
The government said it could not calculate the total cost of a secret displacement plan of the Afghan data leakage.
The Ministry of Defense (MOD) estimates the cost of the major data violation – and creates a new plan for the displacement of what may be risky on their lives – it will be £ 850 million.
However, the National Supervisory Office (NAO) says MOD does not provide enough evidence to give confidence in this figure that does not include legal expenses or demands that are likely to monitor.
Mod said that it is dependent on transparency and is determined to honor the moral obligation we owe to the Afghans who stopped with us and risk their lives. “
It was last month He announced the details of approximately 19,000 people to move to England to escape from the Taliban.When an authorized mistake sends an E -Tablo to E -POSTA with a hidden tab in 2022.
During the War of Afghanistan, the names of people who believed in cooperation with the British forces contained information, contact information and family information.
Names of British authorities Including UK Special Forces Members It was also included in the data violation.
More than 16,000 Afghan and family members were entitled to re -settle under an existing displacement plan.
Following the data violation, a new plan – Afghanistan response route (Arr) – was secretly founded in April 2024 and allowed 7,000 to come to England.
The Super Juntion, which was given by the Supreme Court in September 2023, prevented the incident from notification for almost two years before the decision was removed.
The mode estimates that each individual’s re -settlement cost will be £ 128,000, and the total invoice for all Afghan re -settlement programs will exceed £ 2 billion.
In a report, Nao said that the government could not provide enough evidence to tell the guard dog whether the £ 850 million figure was correct.
“Mod cannot determine exactly what he spends to re -place people through the Arr scheme.
“This is because the reason for the Arr plan does not define the costs of the accounting system separately, that is, that these costs do not appear in the management accounts, instead of involving them in total expenditures of Afghan re -settlement activities.”
Mod spokesman said: “We are determined to honor the moral obligation that we owe to the Afghans who stopped with us and risk their lives.
He continued: “Since the previous government has decided to support the abolition of the supervision of the supervision, we have been clear about the costs of moving the appropriate Afghans to England – and it is completely transparent.
“The cost of all Afghan re -settlement plans, including the Afghan response path, was completely financed as part of the government’s expenditure examination.”
