Exfilsquad Dumps 135,000 UK Police Records on Dark Web Alongside Education Ministry ...

In the UK, a cyberattack targeting some government agencies has resulted in the names, information, and duty locations of over 100,000 police officers being leaked onto "dark web" forums.

A group of hackers has re-filtered sensitive information from public institutions in the UK. Although the Department of Education (DfE) was victimized last week, this time the main victims have been police officers, from whom more than 100,000 data have been extracted that have been published on the 'dark web', posing a serious risk to these professionals. Last week the same group, ExfilSquad, attributed the leaking of more than 600,000 data fro…

A cyberattack on the U.K.'s Police National Legal Database (PNLD) has compromised data of more than 100,000 police officers and other criminal justice professionals.

The UK government's corporate finance adviser has admitted that an employee left an internal file containing the names and work email addresses of dozens of officials publicly accessible for around 40 hours. The breach, first reported by The Guardian, was disclosed in UK Government Investments' (UKGI) annual report, which says it occurred during the 2025-26 financial year after a member of staff "did not follow established information security p…

So far this year, the PDI has received 123 complaints phone scams. Experts analyze the adaptive capacity of these criminals, who have gone from using emails and calls to highly effective text messages.

A hacking group known as ExfilSquad is believed to be responsible for the attack.

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