The National Police Corps of the Netherlands suffered a data breach in 2024.
Discovery
The data breach was discovered on 26 September 2024.
Impact
The names, email addresses and phone numbers of nearly 63,000 officers were exposed. In some cases, other information was exposed.
The leak did not just affect police officers, but also janitors and front-desk employees.
Reactions
The incident was disclosed to the Dutch Parliament by Minister for Justice and Security David van Weel.
Dutch Police chief Janny Knol said "I am – like many of you – shocked that this could have happened, and it affects me that our colleagues' data turned out not to be safe". She said in a separate statement that "In order to provide safety outside, you have to feel safe inside".
In October 2024 the Dutch government announced that it suspected hackers working for a foreign government to be behind the data breach.
References
- ^ Naprys, Ernestas (2024-10-07). "Major breach exposes every Dutch police officer: state-sponsored actor suspected". Cybernews. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- "Police officers' personal data also included in leak affecting all police employees". Nl Times. 2024-09-30. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- ^ Constantinescu, Vlad (2024-10-08). "Foreign State Suspected in Theft of Dutch Police Officers' Data". Bitdefender. Retrieved 2024-10-17.