Police Service of Northern Ireland

A data breach 'of mammoth proportions' involving Northern Ireland's police has affected 1000 officers and non-commissioned personnel.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) workers' names, ranks, and other personal information are purportedly exposed in the significant breach, but not the officers' or civilians' home locations.

The data, which includes the last names of over 10,000 employees, was unintentionally released in response to a Freedom of Information request and seems to include every member of the force, from chief constable Simon Byrne on down.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/outrage-at-massive-police-data-breach-that-saw-the-personal-details-of-more-than-10000-psni-officers-and-staff-accidentally-published-online/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/police-service-of-northern-ireland

"id": "pol82310823",
"linkid": "police-service-of-northern-ireland",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "08/2023",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Law Enforcement',
                        'location': 'Northern Ireland',
                        'name': 'Police Service of Northern Ireland',
                        'size': '10,000+ employees',
                        'type': 'Government Agency'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unintentional Data Exposure',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '10,000+',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Ranks',
                                              'Other Personal Information']},
 'description': "A data breach involving Northern Ireland's police has "
                'affected 1000 officers and non-commissioned personnel. The '
                'breach exposed names, ranks, and other personal information '
                'of PSNI workers, but not home locations. The data was '
                'unintentionally released in response to a Freedom of '
                'Information request and includes information on over 10,000 '
                'employees.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Ranks',
                                 'Other Personal Information']},
 'title': 'Data Breach at Police Service of Northern Ireland',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}