Security News > 2023 > September > Northern Irish cops release 2 men after Terrorism Act arrests linked to data breach

Nearly four weeks after the Police Service of Northern Ireland published data on 10,000 employees in a botched response to a Freedom of Information request, another two men, aged 21 and 22, have been released on bail after being arrested under the Terrorism Act.

On August 8, it mistakenly published a spreadsheet with the details of every serving Northern Ireland police officer online in response to a Freedom of Information request at the beginning of August.

Todd said: "This was a clear attempt to intimidate police officers, staff and their families, but police can confirm that the information contained on the poster is incorrect." Cops are asking anyone who was driving in the area on Thursday night with a dashcam to come forward with footage.

Altogether four arrests have been made in relation to the mistaken release of the FoI data so far.

On August 14, Cumbria police accidentally published the names, salaries, and allowances of all of its staff and officers online; and on August 15, England's Norfolk and Suffolk police admitted to exposing data.

According to the paper, all 47,000 staff members and police officers - including senior officials, undercover and counter-terrorism cops, and officers assigned to guard the royal family - were exposed.

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