A cyberattack on the U.K.’s Police National Legal Database (PNLD) exposed contact details belonging to more than 100,000 police officers and other criminal justice professionals. The ExfilSquad group claimed responsibility, alleging it stole 135,000 records and threatened to leak the data unless a ransom was paid. #PNLD #ExfilSquad
Keypoints
- The intrusion on PNLD was detected on Sunday, July 26.
- ExfilSquad claimed it stole 135,000 contact records from the service.
- Exposed data included full names, organizations, and email addresses.
- Ask the Police users who submitted questions were also affected.
- The incident is under investigation with help from cybersecurity experts and the NCA.