Defence Secretary offers ‘sincere apology’ for leak of Afghans’ personal data

John Healey apologises after Afghan data leak revealed — as it happened

Two-year court battle spearheaded by The Times reveals how leak put up to 100,000 lives at risk and a superinjunction kept it secret

Afghan data breach blunder prompted fears of Taliban ‘kill list’

The Defence Secretary has apologised for the leak and said he was "confident" there was a reduced risk of future data breaches.

Defence Secretary offers ‘sincere apology’ for leak of Afghans’ personal data

Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge also apologised on behalf of the former Conservative government, who were in power when the leak occurred.

Defence Secretary "Deeply Uncomfortable" With Super Injunction Over Afghan Data Leak

John Healey has said a super injunction over a major data leak which put thousands of Afghan lives at risk made him feel "deeply uncomfortable".

MoD ‘error’ put thousands of Afghans at risk, admits defence secretary

Healey admits MoD ‘serious departmental error’ put thousands of Afghans at risk

Defence secretary John Healey has admitted a “serious departmental error” within the Ministry of Defence put hundreds of thousands of Afghans at risk. Speaking to MPs in parliament on Tuesday (15 July), Mr Healey revealed that a leaked spreadsheet which contained the details of 25,000 Afghan asylum applicants, as well as MPs and senior military officers, was mistakenly sent out in February 2022. He said: “This was a serious departmental error. I…