News about data breach • UK

“Defence sources have said that details of MI6 spies, SAS and special forces personnel were included in the spreadsheet, after they had endorsed Afghans who had applied to be brought to the UK after the Taliban takeover.” www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/17/spies-and-sas-personnel-among-100-plus-britons-included-in-afghan-data-leak?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Horrifying to learn a 2022 British security leak put thousands of Afghans who supported British forces at risk. It is absolutely right that Britain has undertaken efforts to relocate those affected to safety, given the danger to life this breach posed. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/15/thousands-relocated-data-leak-afghans-who-helped-british-forces

NEW ‘Confusion’ reigns over cost of UK’s Afghan rescue scheme, warns chair of parliament’s spending watchdog Alongside muddle between £850mn and £7bn figures, govt has failed to give costings for a cohort of 1,000 Afghans relocated to UK due to data leak www.ft.com/content/03f52ca3-354d-4cb6-87f4-dc7ecebe0007

EXC: Official govt auditor has questioned MoD’s handling of Afghan data leak NAO told me the MoD did not inform it about data breach in “the established way for sensitive defence matters” MoD did not give NAO full information about leak & implications www.ft.com/content/00b822bd-5efe-45f2-8136-8a6ed39cf50f