British spies and special forces identities exposed in Afghan data leak
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LONDON — A data leak that led thousands of Afghans to be resettled in the U.K. after their safety was jeopardized because they assisted forces against the Taliban also exposed the identities of Britis
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Thousands of Afghans brought to Britain in secrecy amid threat from data leak
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British spies and special forces identities exposed in Afghan data leak
Britain set up a secret scheme to relocate thousands of Afghans to the UK after a soldier accidentally disclosed the personal details of more than 33,000 people, putting them at risk of reprisals from the Taliban, court documents showed on Tuesday.
A dataset containing the personal information of nearly 19,000 Afghans who had applied to come to Britain after the Taliban takeover was released in error in 2022, and extracts were published online.
The British Defense Ministry accidentally exposed personal information in 2022 about more than 18,000 Afghans who worked with it before the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan. The government then suppressed public disclosure of the data breach for two years through a stringent court order.
The British government began secretly relocating thousands of Afghans who worked with British forces after a data leak threatened to reveal their identities.
The U.K. government secretly resettled thousands of Afghans into the country following a data leak that reportedly jeopardized the lives of local allies.
Thousands of Afghans were relocated to Britain in a secret government scheme after a data breach of nearly 100,000 refugee applicants via Afghanistan following the Taliban's 2021 seizure of power.
A dataset containing the personal information of nearly 19,000 Afghans who had applied to move to Britain was released in error in 2022, and extracts were later published online.
LONDON — A data leak that led thousands of Afghans to be resettled in the U.K. after their safety was jeopardized because they assisted forces against the Taliban also exposed the identities of Britis
The details of more than 100 Britons, including spies and special forces personnel, were included in a massive data breach involving thousands of Afghans,
LONDON (Reuters) -Details of more than 100 British nationals including spies and special forces soldiers were included in one of the country's worst ever data breaches that led to thousands of Afghans being relocated to the UK, British media reported on Thursday.
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