Thousands of Northern Ireland police officers and staff take legal action over PSNI breach.
Around 5,000 Northern Ireland police officers and staff are involved in legal action following a major data breach.
After the details of around 9,500 officers and staff were mistakenly published in response to a Freedom of Information (FoI) request last August. According to media reports, the list included the surname and first initial of every employee, their rank or grade, where they are based and the unit in which they work.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has previously indicated that the data breach could potentially cost the organisation £240 million in security and compensation payouts to officers.
Edwards & Co partner Philip Gordon told the Irish Times it is representing almost 5,000 police officers and staff, having been appointed by the court in a recent group litigation order. A spokesperson.
“Each claim will still have to be considered individually in terms of the appropriate damages, taking into account that each plaintiff will have been affected differently.
“It may therefore take some time after a liability hearing to deal with each individual case, but we are committed to getting every client the best possible result.”
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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.
