Police in Northern Ireland have declared a “critical incident” after a “significant” data breach relating to all its staff.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) earlier apologised for the self-inflicted security breach after it inadvertently published the information in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request on Tuesday.
The breach involved the surname, initials, the rank or grade, the work location and departments of all PSNI staff, but did not involve the officers’ and civilians’ private addresses.
PSNI said its chief constable had cut his family holiday short to deal with the crisis.
