In February 2022, a significant data leak from the Ministry of Defence endangered the lives of approximately 100,000 Afghans seeking asylum from the Taliban. A member of the armed forces accidentally shared a spreadsheet detailing the names of those at risk, prompting a large-scale evacuation under a costly secret resettlement scheme. The leak's details have been obscured since a superinjunction, yet it has been revealed that the official responsible for the leak continues to work for the government, albeit in a different capacity related to Afghan affairs.
The catastrophic data leak in February 2022 endangered the lives of up to 100,000 Afghans who had applied for sanctuary in Britain from the Taliban.
A spreadsheet containing the names of thousands of Afghans in danger was inadvertently shared, prompting evacuations under a secret resettlement scheme projected to cost billions.
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