UK’s Ministry of Defence fined after Bcc email blinder that put the lives of Afghan citizens at risk
The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been fined £350,000 for recklessly
causing a data breach that exposed the personal details of citizens of
Afghanistan who were seeking to flee the country after the Taliban took control
in 2021.
The breach, which the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) data watchdog
described
[https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2023/12/ico-fines-ministry-of-defence-for-afghan-evacuation-data-breach/]
as "egregious," could have resulted in