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UK: Secret gagging order should not have been used to cover up Afghan data breach, Sir Ben Wallace says

Sir Ben Wallace has said he would not have backed the use of a secret gagging order to cover-up the catastrophic Afghan data breach that potentially put thousands of Afghans who helped UK forces at risk from the...

20 January 2026 · Accidental exposure and misconfiguration
20 January 2026
DII-2026-000136 sources ↓
Quick facts
Category
Accidental exposure and misconfiguration
Source
DataBreaches.net
Date
20 January 2026
Drafted by
Raidu Incident Detection

What happened

Not publicly disclosed.

Classification

Category
Accidental exposure and misconfiguration
Industry
Government and public sector

Sources and evidence

This record was researched and written by the Index, based on the following original reporting.

DataBreaches.net
UK: Secret gagging order should not have been used to cover up Afghan data breach, Sir Ben Wallace says
20 January 2026
independent.co.uk
Afghan data breach
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protect the news of the data leak
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The Independent