MoJ says immediate action has been taken.
The Ministry of Justice has said it is aware of a data breach of prison blueprints, but has “taken immediate action to ensure prisons remain secure.”
According to media reports over the weekend, detailed layouts of prisons - said to include the locations of cameras and sensors - were leaked online. It is not clear which prison plans were affected.
The Cabinet Office and the Prison Service are said to be working to identify the source of the breach and assess who may benefit from the information.
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: “We are not going to comment on the specific detail of security matters of this kind, but we are aware of a breach of data to the prison estate and, like with all potential breaches, have taken immediate action to ensure prisons remain secure.”
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
