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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...
DII-2026-000136 sources ↓
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DataBreaches.net
UK: Secret gagging order should not have been used to cover up Afghan data breach, Sir Ben Wallace says
20 January 2026