Afghans resettled in UK affected by new MoD data breach
After a Ministry of Defense Ministry (MOD) subcontractor experienced data violation, thousands of Afghan brought to security in the UK revealed personal data.
After infected the Jet center, which provides space for flights at London Stansted Airport, Afghan’s names, passport information and Afghan’s displacement policy (Arab) details were subjected to cyber security.
It comes only one month after another major data violation that emerged in 2022 Explained the details of about 19,000 people He wants him to come to England to escape from the Taliban.
The government said that the incident “did not pose any threat to individuals’ safety or does not compromise any government system.”
There is no evidence that any data is currently explained to the public.
It is believed that the affected Afghans went to England between January and March 2024 under a re -settlement plan for employees with British troops.
A E -Posta sent by the Afghan re -settlement team on Friday afternoon warned their families that personal information may have emerged.
“This may include passport details (including name, date of birth and passport number) and Afghan relocation and assistance policy (Arab) reference numbers.” He said.
The BBC understands that the affected include British military personnel and former conservative government ministers.
A government spokesman said: “Recently, a supplier reportedly experienced a cyber security incident with unauthorized access to a small number of e-mails containing a third-party sub-load, basic personal information.
He continued: “We take data security extremely seriously and go beyond our legal duties in informing all potentially affected individuals.”
Jet Center Inflite said in a statement that he believes that “the scope of the incident is limited to E -Post accounts” and reported it to the Information Commissioner Office (ICO).
BBC contacted ICO for comment.
The event follows February 2022 event The personal data of approximately 19,000 Afghan, who applied to move to the UK under the Arab program, were mistakenly leaked by a British official and led thousands of Afghan to secretly move to England.
The leaking E -Tablo potentially contained the names, contact information and some family information of people who risk damaging the Taliban.
This incident was announced to the public for the first time in July.
