Cyber-attack on MoD-linked contractor exposes data of Afghans in resettlement scheme | Ministry of Defence
A contractor linked to the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense Has been struck by a Cyber attack, exhibit personal data linked to Afghan Resettlement efforts. It is the latter in a series of breaches involving the private information of Afghanish refugees.
The infringement of the Jet Center Ltd, a company that provides grights for flights of the UK injuring the personal data, including refuge as part of the Afghan moving and assistance policy.
All individuals influenced by the breach of flew in London Stansted Airport between January and March 2024.
The leaven can also have released the official information, soldiers on routine exercises and journalists.
In a statement on the website, the Jet Center confirm the Jets center confirmed that a data breach occurred at “Access to a limited number of e-mail messages”.
The company said that the incident was reported to the information of the information, and that it worked with the National Crime Agency and the National Cyber Security Center on its research.
“We believe that the scope of italess was limited to email accounts, however, we have contacted our important interest in the period to 2024, say, said the statement.
It is not yet clear that performed the Cyber attack on the business of the business, but a message was sent to the affected people who warns them for the breach.
A government spacer said, “We were recently been notified that a sub-contractor, experienced a cyberment cracks that is not released to a small number his emails that contained basic personal information.
“We seriously take data Seriously seriously and go above and beyond our legal tasks in informing all potentially individuals.
“The incident has not made any individual's threat of individuals, and compromised no government systems.”
The data is not believed to be leaked to the dark web or made public.
In February 2022, a SEPARATE BRIGHT By describe an official official of personal data of 18.714 Afghans that have worked with British forces. The UK High Handheant granted in Superine Call for the Tory government in 2023 to suppress related, which the labor secretary, John Healey, later issued an apology.
