A catastrophic Ministry of Defence data breach that exposed the personal details of tens of thousands of Afghans was a “foreseeable failure” covered up by secrecy for “too long”, a damning investigation has concluded.
In a report from the influential defence select committee, MPs criticised the government for almost every aspect of their handling of the data breach, the resulting superinjunction – a court order so strict that even mentioning its existence was forbidden – and the covert evacuation of thousands of Afghan families.
