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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo and Vikram Dodd

Hackers steal sensitive data from UK Department for Education and police

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The police national legal database hack includes the theft of passwords used to access the site. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

The Department for Education and a police database have been targeted by a cyber-attack, exposing more than 740,000 pieces of data.

Details of government officials, senior school leaders, university staff, police officers and members of the public have been taken by hackers.

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