PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne has said he is confident that information mistakenly released in a major data breach last week is in the hands of dissident republicans
PSNI CHIEF CONSTABLE Simon Byrne has said he is confident that information mistakenly released in a major data breach last week is in the hands of dissident republicans.
“We are obviously investigating where we think this leak went but we’ve said from last week there was an assumption that this would get into the wrong hands, and we’re now just confirming that.”Byrne said measures had been put in place to advise all members of the workforce, but the PSNI had not “caught up” with 45 members at the start of today.Byrne said the PSNI is “working around the clock” to assess the risk to staff due to dissident republicans obtaining workforce data.
Redacted information Byrne’s comments this evening come after dissident republicans published redacted information from the data breach on the wall of a library in Belfast to prove they are in possession of the sensitive material, Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly has said.
He said: “We are aware that some redacted information from the Tuesday, 8 August data breach has allegedly been posted on a wall in west Belfast today, Monday, 14 August. Concern for safety Hundreds of officers have expressed concern for their safety in Northern Ireland, where police are under threat from terrorists – with the current level of threat assessed as severe, meaning an attack is highly likely.
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