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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Aisha Down

Sensitive UK police data vulnerable to ‘compromise’ by US government and foreign actors

A hand holds a crowbar in front of four safes in the colours of the Microsoft logo, red, green, yellow and blue

Vast troves of highly sensitive police data are lying on Microsoft cloud platforms which an official UK security assessment deemed to be vulnerable to “compromise” by foreign actors and the US government, a Guardian investigation can reveal.

The files include criminal records, victim statements, internal emails and sensitive information held by more than 40 police forces across the UK.

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