Police suffer thousands of Data Breaches in 2020

27/05/2021 | Infosecurity Magazine

Freedom of Information responses from 31 out of 45 police forces in the UK have shown over 2300 data breach incidents were reported by 22 forces in 2020. The information requested and complied by VPNoverview, reveal 299 data breach per police station between 2016 and 2021. 

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