Whistleblower tells Afghan leak inquiry those affected were told to move and change phone numbers to protect themselves
The UK left behind sensitive technology allowing the Taliban to track down Afghans who worked with western forces, a whistleblower has told the Afghan leak inquiry.
The woman, known as Person A, said that Afghans affected by the data leak were told to move homes and change their phone numbers to protect themselves from the Taliban because it had the resources to track them down.
MPs are looking into the Conservative government’s handling of a catastrophic leak of the personal details of almost 19,000 Afghans who had asked to come to the UK to flee the Taliban.
A spreadsheet containing their personal data, including names, contact details and in some cases family information, was accidentally leaked by an official working at UK special forces headquarters in February 2022.
