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. jake moore is a global cybersecurity adviser at the software firm eset, and he gave his reaction to the suspected data breach.
How many officers are affected? and what might the loss of this highly sensitive data mean for their security? joe inwood, bbc news. jake moore is a global cybersecurity adviser at the software firm eset and he gave his reaction to the suspected data breach. well, i think this is yet another worrying and damaging blunder by the organisation that s designed to protect us. and i think, like we ve been discussing, it s a supply chain attack, and criminals have simply located that weakest link in that chain, which they re very good and getting better at doing. but police suppliers, they win their contracts and often choose the cheapest, which can potentially come with security risks and failures if that s not in the programme to start off with. right, but would it not be the responsibility of the metropolitan police to check the security standards of any third parties? it would be, but sometimes it s a race to the finish on these
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