Came in wake of the force publishing their own people's data in botched FoI
Nearly four weeks after the Police Service of Northern Ireland published data on 10,000 employees in a botched response to a Freedom of Information request, another two men, aged 21 and 22, have been released on bail after being arrested under the Terrorism Act.
The pair were arrested on Saturday September 2 in Portadown, County Armagh, bringing total arrests in the case to four. The arrests were linked to an investigation into the freedom of information data breach on August 8th, PSNI confirmed this morning."to work toward establishing those who possess information relating to the data breach.
The data spilled included the surnames and initials of serving officers and civilian staff members, plus a listing of officers' rank or grade, details on their location, and the department in which they work. Although the information was removed several hours after it was posted, it could potentially endanger the safety of officers, given the volatile politics of the region.
Both serving and recently retired officers say they face continuing threat from paramilitaries, with severalOn Friday night, Assistant Chief Constable Chris Toddthat a poster"claiming to contain details of three serving officers" had been placed near a bus shelter on Chapel Road in Dungiven, a small town in County Londonderry, on Thursday, August 31.
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