Thousands of Afghans brought to safety in the UK have had their personal data exposed, after a Ministry of Defence (MoD) sub-contractor suffered a data breach.
The names, passport information and Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (Arap) details of up to 3,700 Afghans have potentially been affected after Inflite The Jet Centre, which provides ground-handling services for flights at London Stansted airport, suffered a cyber-security incident.
It comes just a month after it was a revealed another major data breach in 2022 leaked the details of almost 19,000 people who had asked to come to the UK in order to flee the Taliban.
The government said the incident "has not posed any threat to individuals' safety, nor compromised any government systems."
There is currently no evidence to suggest that any data has been released publicly.
