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UK police data breached repeatedly through IT suppliers, watchdog finds
A UK inspectorate says police data was breached several times this decade through third-party IT suppliers.
According to His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, UK police data was breached several times this decade through third-party IT suppliers. The finding comes from a report by this watchdog, as covered by The Record.
The central point is third-party risk: a supplier that stores a public institution's data can become the route to a leak, even when the institution has its own controls. The source text does not say which suppliers were affected, how many incidents occurred, or what data was exposed, so none of that should be assumed.
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