Police are working to verify claims from dissident republicans that they possess personal information on officers and staff released in a major security breach, the Chief Constable has said.
The PSNI has been in contact with the British government's emergency response committee Cobra after details of £10,000 PSNI staff members were made public.
The PSNI has apologised after a data breach of “monumental proportions” meant the force mistakenly published the names, ranks, locations and other personal data of every serving police officer and civilian employee.
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