The UK Ministry of Defence has been fined £350,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office for a data breach that occurred during the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan in 2021. The breach involved the disclosure of information of people fleeing Afghanistan, potentially endangering the lives of Afghans who had worked for the UK in the war against the Taliban. The breach put the lives of Afghan staffers at risk, prompting the fine from the ICO.
“Some British Army members who say they tried to vouch for Afghan special forces, who are now in danger of being sent back to the Taliban, were never contacted by the Ministry of Defence” https://t.co/TQZE00Nn4q
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The international community should develop new channels of communication with Taliban officials who understand that Afghanistan needs to educate all young people, write @GordonBrown and @YasmineSherif1. https://t.co/qblOLmyGok
The Ministry of Defence has been fined £350,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office for disclosing the information of people fleeing Afghanistan shortly after the Taliban took control in 2021. https://t.co/O4NwPNJNy8 #Tech | #News | #Data
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