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Police National Legal Database (PNLD) hit by network compromise

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The Police National Legal Database (PNLD) suffered a data security incident that exposed names, organizations, and work email addresses for police officers, police staff, criminal justice professionals, government partners, and customers, with the data later published on the dark web. PNLD said the issue was identified on July 26 and that there was no evidence passwords or other security credentials were compromised. The incident also affected Ask the Police, where some names and email addresses from prior question submissions were exposed. The extortion group ExfilSquad claimed responsibility and said it held 1.9GB of data and 135,000 records.

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  1. 03.08.2026 12:13 3 articles · 4d ago

    ExfilSquad lists PNLD contact data on leak site

    Attribution Update

    On July 26, ExfilSquad listed the Police National Legal Database (PNLD) on its leak site, and some names and email addresses belonging to people who had submitted questions through Ask the Police were also exposed. The exposed personal details could make phishing messages targeting named officers appear more convincing.

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  2. 03.08.2026 12:13 2 articles · 4d ago

    PNLD confirms police and government contact data was published on the dark web

    Initial Disclosure

    As of August 3, 2026, PNLD confirmed that police, government and customer contact information was compromised and published on the dark web, including names, organisations and work email addresses for police officers, police staff, criminal justice professionals, government partners and customers. PNLD said there was no evidence that passwords or other security credentials had been compromised, notified the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), and said it was working with the National Crime Agency (NCA) and specialist cybersecurity organisations.

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