We begin with the news that thousands of Police Officers serving in Northern Ireland were dreading, that details of their surnames and places of work have fallen into the hands of dissident republican groups who do not support the peace process. The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland confirmed this today after last weeks data breach, in which details on more than 10,000 employees was mistakenly released online. A document posted on a wall in largely catholic west belfast, close to the sinn fein office, allegedly shows some of the information that was uploaded. Sarah girvin has the full story. When news of the psni data breach broke six days ago, the forces Chief Constable said he was aware of claims from dissident republican paramilitaries that they had access to it. Today he confirmed the information was in their hands. We are now confident that the Workforce Data set is in the hands of dissident republicans and it is therefore our Planning Assumption that they
And that vigilance will be at the forefront of thousands of mines tonight. we have been speaking to police officers and psni staff over the last few days and as you can imagine, their chief concern is their safety and security and that of their families. their safety and security and that of theirfamilies. it their safety and security and that of their families. it was always the fear that this leaked information would make its way to the wrong people. now with confirmation that it is in the hands of violent dissident republicans, that fear has been realised. 56rd dissident republicans, that fear has been realised. been realised. sara girvin, live in belfast. a ten year old girl found dead at a house in surrey has been named locally as sara sharif. she was found at the property on the morning of last thursday. the police say they are working with international authorities to locate three people that they want to speak in connection with their investiagion.