MoD, Afghan and data breach
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The revelation of a major data leak and subsequent relocation of thousands of Afghans to the UK has raised serious questions.
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Our community has reacted with anger, disbelief and deep concern to revelations that a catastrophic Ministry of Defence data breach, which put tens of thousands of Afghans at risk, was kept hidden under a superinjunction for nearly two years,
Over 18,000 Afghan citizens eligible to relocate to the UK under a government programme to protect them from the Taliban were put at risk in a heretofore unreportable data breach.
The Government are at risk of facing "strong claims for substantial compensation" from those affected by a massive data breach of the personal information of Afghans who supported British forces, a lawyer has said.
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