The Government Legal Department launched an investigation after it suffereda data leak in which the names of civil servants claiming expenses was published online.
Documents showing officials' names were published on GOV.UK accidentally. It also contained the credit-card spend at the department of more than £500 between November 2021 and May 2022.
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"id": "gov1527121122",
"linkid": "government-legal-department",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "08/2022",
"severity": "70",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Legal',
'location': 'United Kingdom',
'name': 'Government Legal Department',
'type': 'Government'}],
'attack_vector': 'Accidental Publication',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names of civil '
'servants'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'Medium',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
'Financial Information']},
'description': 'The Government Legal Department suffered a data leak in which '
'the names of civil servants claiming expenses was published '
"online. Documents showing officials' names and credit-card "
'spend at the department of more than £500 between November '
'2021 and May 2022 were published on GOV.UK accidentally.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names of civil servants',
'Credit-card spend details']},
'investigation_status': 'Ongoing',
'references': [{'source': 'Government Legal Department'}],
'title': 'Data Leak at Government Legal Department',
'type': 'Data Leak'}