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MoD fined £350k over data breach that endangered lives of Afghan interpreters

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Dissent

Public Technology reports:

The Ministry of Defence has been fined £350,000 over a data breach that divulged the identities of hundreds of Afghan nationals who worked for the UK government in Afghanistan.

According to data watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office, the incident allowed 245 recipients of an email about the evacuation of eligible people to see who else the communication had been sent to and even gave thumbnail images of 55 recipients.

The email was sent by the team responsible for the UK’s Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy on 20 September 2021, weeks after the UK and United States had left Kabul and the Taliban had regained control of Afghanistan.  At the time the individuals involved were understood to be interpreters.

Read more at Public Technology.

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