"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 Taliban. The former defence secretary told MPs on Tuesday that he had directed that a time-limited injunction be used to protect the news of the data leak while the Ministry of Defence (MoD) scrambled to understand what had gone wrong."
"The former defence secretary told MPs on Tuesday that he had directed that a time-limited injunction be used to protect the news of the data leak while the Ministry of Defence (MoD) scrambled to understand what had gone wrong. But Sir Ben said he was clear from the start that the government should not entirely cover-up the breach, which occured after an official emailed a spreadsheet of contact details outside of the MoD."
A secret gagging order was considered to hide a catastrophic Afghan data breach that potentially exposed thousands of Afghans who assisted UK forces to Taliban risk. A time-limited injunction was directed to protect news of the leak while the Ministry of Defence scrambled to identify what went wrong. The breach occurred after an official emailed a spreadsheet of contact details outside the MoD. The government was clear that the incident should not be entirely covered up, seeking to limit immediate disclosure during the investigation while avoiding full concealment of the breach.
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