Northern Ireland police officers’ details exposed in ‘monumental’ breach

Data includes names, ranks and other personal data but not private addresses

A monumental" data breach has exposed the names and rank of every police officer in Northern Ireland.

A spreadsheet was mistakenly published online detailing the surname, initial, rank or grade, location and the departments of all current Police Service of Norther Ireland officers and civilian staff members. It is understood that the breach does not involve private addresses.