Sounds about right. Just what I would expect from such a well-run organization...
Police National Legal Database confirms data theft after dark web leak
The Police National Legal Database (PNLD) is the latest UK public sector outfit to admit that cybercriminals made off with its data, including the names and work email addresses of police officers, justice staff, government partners, and customers. The legal lookup service relied upon by police forces and criminal justice …
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Monday 3rd August 2026 19:21 GMT Gavsky
Oh, that's alright then. Hopefully no major criminals or terrorists get hold of the data, eh? I keep banging on about encryption as standard for data like this - but that's never spoken of in any reports I've seen. Perhaps El Reg could ask the question of major businesses, organisations, Government departments? Individual data isn't in constant use, it could be decrypted 'on the fly' as required.
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Monday 3rd August 2026 21:13 GMT Tron
Design out the problem.
Keep data stashes on a system or network that never connects to the public internet. Connection to the public internet is the primary threat. Whack-a-mole attempts to protect systems connected to the net are the road to hell. Keep as much offline as you can and airgap. If you need two screens and two keyboards on every desk, do it. It's a hell of a lot cheaper than dealing with malware and data theft.
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Tuesday 4th August 2026 00:10 GMT vulture65537
Email work addresses
Years ago when I was in a company that provided IT work to some police forces there was an encrypted email service called CJSM: Criminal Justice Secure Mail. But the customer contacts did not always use it, or their work addresses - they sometimes sent from Gmail.
If they want secure data that kind of thing needs to be banned and enforced.
I can still remember the name of the man with by far the highest number of password resets.
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