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Thousands of Northern Ireland police officers and civilian staff named in major data breach

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The leaked data named MI5 officers, and gave surnames and other data of more than 10,000 individuals.

Data containing surnames and initials of more than 10,000 current employees of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), along with location and department information, have been leaked, according to analysis by Julian O’Neill, the BBC’s NI home affairs correspondent. It is believed to be the worst data breach

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