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Evening Standard
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Emily Pennink

GCHQ intern jailed over data breach which risked exposing 17 colleagues

Hasaan Arshad who has been jailed for seven and a half years (Metropolitan Police/PA) - (PA Media)

A GCHQ intern has been jailed for seven and a half years after he took top secret data home which endangered national security, risked exposing 17 colleagues, and “threw away” thousands of hours of work.

Manchester University computer science student Hasaan Arshad, 25, was in “flagrant breach” of tight security rules when he used his mobile phone to remove material from a computer system and transfer it to his private computer on August 24 2022.

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