US EditionMoD to ‘robustly defend’ compensation claims from Afghans in data breach case
- Thousands of Afghans trying to escape the Taliban will be denied compensation due to an accidental data leak, as stated by the Ministry of Defence.
- The Ministry of Defence announced it will 'robustly defend' against expected legal action for damages related to the leak.
- Several hundred potential claimants are represented by a Manchester law firm, anticipating hundreds of data protection claims.
- An MoD spokesman described the data incident in February 2022 as 'an unacceptable error.
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Former Defence Secretary Michael Portillo has delivered a damning verdict on the Government's management of a major data security failure involving Afghan nationals who assisted British forces
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Leaning Left1Leaning Right6Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution67% Right
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- 67% of the sources lean Right
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