Dutch police data breach
The National Police Corps of the Netherlands suffered a data breach in 2024.[1]
Discovery
The data breach was discovered on 26 September 2024.[1]
Impact
The names, email addresses and phone numbers of nearly 63,000 officers were exposed.[1] In some cases, other information was exposed.[1]
The leak did not just affect police officers, but also janitors and front-desk employees.[2]
Reactions
The incident was disclosed to the Dutch Parliament by Minister for Justice and Security David van Weel.[3]
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".[1] She said in a separate statement that "In order to provide safety outside, you have to feel safe inside".[1]
In October 2024 the Dutch government announced that it suspected hackers working for a foreign government to be behind the data breach.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Naprys, Ernestas (2024-10-07). "Major breach exposes every Dutch police officer: state-sponsored actor suspected". Cybernews. https://cybernews.com/security/major-breach-exposes-every-dutch-police-officer/.
- ↑ "Police officers' personal data also included in leak affecting all police employees". Nl Times. 2024-09-30. https://nltimes.nl/2024/09/30/police-officers-personal-data-also-included-leak-affecting-police-employees.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Constantinescu, Vlad (2024-10-08). "Foreign State Suspected in Theft of Dutch Police Officers' Data". Bitdefender. https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/foreign-state-suspected-in-theft-of-dutch-police-officers-data/.
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