Sergiu Gatlan reports:
The UK’s Criminal Records Office (ACRO) has finally confirmed, after weeks of delaying issuing a statement, that online portal issues experienced since January 17 resulted from what it described as a “cyber security incident.”
ACRO is the country’s national law enforcement organization responsible for managing criminal record information, providing criminal records on request, and sharing those records with foreign nations.
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