Ministry of Defence leaks data on thousands of Afghans
The Ministry of Defence leaked the data of thousands of at-risk Afghans. Following the leak, more than 7,300 people became eligible for resettlement in the UK, and it was suggested that the leak may be linked to at least 49 deaths. Victims pursued legal action, and Parliament criticised the measures to prevent a recurrence as insufficient.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- UK Ministry of Defence
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Leak of data on thousands of Afghans
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- Afghanistan
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Timeline
- A sweeping injunction on reporting of the Afghan data leak was lifted.
- It emerged that the Ministry of Defence's most senior civil servant was set to step down in the wake of the data leak.
- An audit found that more than 7,300 Afghans were set to be resettled in the UK following the data leak.
- It was suggested that the data leak may have led to the deaths of at least 49 Afghans.
- Parliament's Public Accounts Committee said the Ministry of Defence's measures to prevent similar incidents were insufficient.
- Victims of the data leak took the first step towards legal action against the Ministry of Defence.
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