this seems to be a targeted attack on a third party it company thought to be contracted by the met to make warrant cards. it s similar to the situation british airways, boots, and the bbc found themselves in when their payroll provider was hacked. in the event of the hack, clearly there s been weaknesses and vulnerabilities of the system, whoever is managing and maintaining it, if we are indeed going off the outsourcing. so it s all good and well protecting the front end, but it s got to be the back end as well. the ones who are behind the scenes, if you like, in this instance an it company. the met police say the incident has been reported to the national crime agency and the information commissioner. there are many unanswered questions about this latest attack. who was behind it? how many officers are affected? and what might the loss of this highly sensitive data mean for their security? joe inwood, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.
if you are, for example, an ethnic minority officer with an unusual name, working in counter terrorism, or working undercover, or perhaps working against organised gangs, you potentially could be more easily identified. now, exactly how this happened is still being established, but the met say there was a data breach at a third party supplier that had access to information like names, photos and security clearance, but not police contact information. the force says extra security measures have now been put in place. it comes just weeks after a series of data leaks at other forces, including one at the police service of northern ireland, which saw the details of all staff accidentally published. those were human error. this seems to be a targeted attack on a third party it company thought to be contracted by the met to make warrant cards. it s similar to the situation
but not police contact information. the force says extra security measures have now been put in place. it comes just weeks after a series of data leaks at other forces, including one at the police service of northern ireland, which saw the details of all staff accidentally published. those were human error. this seems to be a targeted attack on a third party it company thought to be contracted by the met to make warrant cards. it s similar to the situation british airways, boots, and the bbc found themselves in when their payroll provider was hacked. in the event of the hack, clearly there s been weaknesses and vulnerabilities of the system, whoever is managing and maintaining it if we are indeed going off the outsourcing. so it s all good and well protecting the front end, but it s got to be the back end as well. the ones who are behind the scenes, if you like, in this instance an it company. the met police say the incident has been reported to the national crime agency
of data leaks at other forces, including one at the police service of northern ireland, which saw the details of all staff accidentally published. those were human error. this seems to be a targeted attack on a third party it company thought to be contracted by the met to make warrant cards. it s similar to the situation british airways, boots, and the bbc found themselves in when their payroll provider was hacked. in the event of the hack, clearly there s been weaknesses and vulnerabilities of the system, whoever is managing and maintaining it, if we are indeed going off the outsourcing. so it s all good and well protecting the front end, but it s got to be the back end as well. the ones who are behind the scenes, if you like, in this instance an it company. the met police say the incident has been reported to the national crime agency and the information commissioner. there are many unanswered questions about this latest attack. who was behind it?
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