Digital ID plan for UK risks creating ‘an enormous hacking target’, expert warns

Cyber security expert offers warning as tech companies prepare to bid for potentially multi-billion pound contracts

• Why does the UK need digital IDs and what data will they include?

Keir Starmer's plan for digital IDs risks creating an enormous hacking target", a cybersecurity expert has warned, as technology companies prepared to bid for contracts that could run into billions of pounds.

Amid widespread opposition, the prime minister said the mandatory digital ID - including citizens' photos, names, dates of birth, nationalities and residency status - would come into use by July 2029.