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Men arrested in connection to PSNI data breach released on bail

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

11:23 3 Sep 2023


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Two men arrested in connection to a major PSNI data breach have been released on bail.

data breach Image via psni.police.uk

Two men arrested as part of an investigation linked to last month's PSNI data breach have been released on bail to allow for further police enquiries.

The men, aged 21 and 22, were arrested under the Terrorism Act following a search in County Armagh yesterday.

It comes after details of around 10 thousand serving officers and staff was mistakenly published online last month in response to a freedom of information request.

The list included the surname and first initial of every employee, their rank of grade, where they are based and the unit they work in, is in the hands of dissident republicans.

Four arrests have been made to date.

Meanwhile, a woman who was wrongly linked to the PSNI on a poster erected in Derry believes she's been made a target for an attack.

The unnamed woman, whose details were plastered over a bus shelter in Dungiven, says she isn't a police officer and has never been employed by the PSNI.


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