The UK government set up a secret multibillion-pound scheme to relocate thousands of Afghans to Britain after a data leak put ...

MoD officials assessed that the accidental leak potentially put up to 100,000 Afghans — those listed on the database, plus many of their family members — at risk of murder, torture, harassment and ...

At least 665 Afghans whose highly sensitive personal details were leaked in the database breach are preparing to sue the UK Ministry of Defence, seeking at least £50,000 each in compensation.

Bunting told the court the following month that the government had “created, through its own data breach, an asserted risk to life for close to 100,000 people. The claimant now intends to manage that ...