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ARMY LEAK Thousands of service families’ addresses and private information compromised after surge in security breaches at MoD
David Wooding
23:48, 18 Jun 2022Updated: 23:48, 18 Jun 2022
DEFENCE chiefs were told to get a grip yesterday after a surge in security and data breaches.
Thousands of service families have had addresses and private information compromised.
Defence chiefs were told to get a grip yesterday after a surge in security and data breaches
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Defence chiefs were told to get a grip yesterday after a surge in security and data breachesCredit: Getty
Veterans minister Leo Docherty has admitted the compromised data set was published on the dark web
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Veterans minister Leo Docherty has admitted the compromised data set was published on the dark webCredit: The Sun
Figures reveal more than a quarter of all blunders since 2010 took place in the last year — 559 in 2020-21, and 2,000 in 12 years.
It follows a major data breach of the Army recruitment website in March which resulted in it being closed for two months.
The site continued to operate for two days after the breach — during which 875 applications were made.
Veterans minister Leo Docherty has admitted the compromised data set was published on the dark web.
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Last summer private data of 1,182 personnel, including those in Special Forces, ended up on a WhatsApp group.
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Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey said his counterpart Ben Wallace was failing to get a grip, adding: “This lax approach must end.”
An MoD source said Mr Wallace had overseen extra measures which have resulted in greater detection of failures.
David Wooding
23:48, 18 Jun 2022Updated: 23:48, 18 Jun 2022
DEFENCE chiefs were told to get a grip yesterday after a surge in security and data breaches.
Thousands of service families have had addresses and private information compromised.
Defence chiefs were told to get a grip yesterday after a surge in security and data breaches
2
Defence chiefs were told to get a grip yesterday after a surge in security and data breachesCredit: Getty
Veterans minister Leo Docherty has admitted the compromised data set was published on the dark web
2
Veterans minister Leo Docherty has admitted the compromised data set was published on the dark webCredit: The Sun
Figures reveal more than a quarter of all blunders since 2010 took place in the last year — 559 in 2020-21, and 2,000 in 12 years.
It follows a major data breach of the Army recruitment website in March which resulted in it being closed for two months.
The site continued to operate for two days after the breach — during which 875 applications were made.
Veterans minister Leo Docherty has admitted the compromised data set was published on the dark web.
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Last summer private data of 1,182 personnel, including those in Special Forces, ended up on a WhatsApp group.
And files detailing destroyer HMS Defender’s route near Crimea were found at a bus stop in Kent.
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Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey said his counterpart Ben Wallace was failing to get a grip, adding: “This lax approach must end.”
An MoD source said Mr Wallace had overseen extra measures which have resulted in greater detection of failures.
