The breach puts 100,000 members of the force “at serious risk,” an affected official has told the paper
The data of more than 100,000 UK police officers and staff has appeared on the dark web after hackers breached a key law enforcement database, The Times has reported.
The leak came just days after the cybercriminals published over half a million pieces of sensitive information from the British Education Ministry.
The perpetrators were able to gain access to the Police National Legal Database (PNLD), which is used by members of law enforcement in England and Wales, The Times said in an article on Sunday.
Police sources told the paper that some...
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