Government must ‘go further and faster’ to prevent repeat of Afghan data breach

The Afghans’ data was leaked ‘in error’ by a defence official in February 2022 (PA) - (PA Wire)

The Government has been urged to “go further and faster” on efforts to prevent data breaches such as the 2022 leak of the details of thousands of Afghans applying to move to the UK to flee the Taliban.

The UK Information Commissioner said ministers should “as a matter of urgency” fully implement the recommendations of an information security review carried out in the wake of a string of public sector data breaches.