Cyber-attack on MoD-linked contractor exposes data of Afghans in resettlement scheme | Ministry of Defence
A contractor of the British Ministry of Defense was shot by a cyber attack that revealed personal data due to re -settlement efforts. The last of a series of violations of Afghan refugees.
The violation of Fflit The Jet Center Ltd, a company that provides ground -service flights to the UK’s Ministry of Defense and Cabinet Office, revealed the personal data of 3,700 people, including Afghans who want to take refuge as a part of Afghan’s change and aid policy.
All individuals affected by the violation flew to London Stansted Airport between January and March 2024.
The leak may also have published the information of civil servants, routine exercises and journalists.
In a statement on the website, Jet Center Ltd confirmed that there is a data violation of “limited number of companies access to E -mail”.
The company said that the incident was notified to the Information Commissioner Office and that it works with the National Crime Agency and the National Cyber Security Center in its investigation.
Uz We believe that the scope of the incident is limited only to E -Post accounts, but as a precautionary measure, we have contacted our key stakeholders who may have been affected in January -March 2024 period, ”he said.
It is not yet clear who carried out the cyber attack in the databases of the company, but a message that warns them to violate them was sent to the affected people.
A government spokesman said: “It was recently reported to a supplier that a third-party subcontractor had a cyber security incident with unauthorized access to a small number of e-mails that contain the basic personal information of e-mails.
“We take data security extremely seriously and go beyond our legal duties in informing all individuals who are potentially affected.
“The incident did not pose any threat to the security of individuals or did not compromise on any government system.”
It is not believed that the data is leaked to the dark network or that it is open to the public.
In February 2022, a separate violation of a defense official announced the personal data of 18,714 Afghan working with British forces. In 2023, the British Supreme Court gave a superinjunction to the conservative government to suppress the information about the infringement that John Healey, the Secretary of Defense, later published an apology.
