Police 'at serious risk' as more than 100,000 officers and staff have details leaked on 'dark web'

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More than 100,000 police officers and staff have had their personal details leaked on the "dark web" following a major hack.Hackers targeted the police national legal database (PNLD), a system that offers legal guidance to forces across England and Wales.They also compromised data held by the Ministry of Defence, the Home Office, the National Crime Agency and the Crown Prosecution Service.The massive breach now means three Government departments have now been hit by cyberattacks in a matter of days, following last week's breach at the Department for Education, which saw over half a million pieces of data exposed.The PNLD breach, initially reported last week, was originally not considered serious - but now, officers' full names and contact details have been spilled into the murkiest depths of the web.A cybercriminal outfit called ExfilSquad is thought to be behind the attack.Police sources told The Times that 114,000 PNLD subscribers had their details exposed, the vast majority being...

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A: Police 'at serious risk' as more than 100,000 officers and staff have details leaked on 'dark web'.

B: More than 100,000 police officers and staff have had their personal details leaked on the "dark web" following a major hack.Hackers targeted the police national legal database (PNLD), a system that offers legal guidance to forces across England and Wales.They also compromised data held by the Ministry of Defence, the Home Office, the National Crime Agency and the Crown Prosecution Service.The massive breach now means three Government departments have now been hit by cyberattacks in a matter of days, following last week's breach at the Department for Education, which saw over half a million pieces of data exposed.The PNLD breach, initially reported last week, was originally not considered serious - but now, officers' full names and contact details have been spilled into the murkiest depths of the web.A cybercriminal outfit called ExfilSquad is thought to be behind the attack.Police sources told The Times that 114,000 PNLD subscribers had their details exposed, the vast majority being...