Security News Names and contact details of all Dutch police officers stolen in hack

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The work-related contact details of all police officers were stolen during a cyberattack, Justice and Security Minister David van Weel confirmed on Friday. “Apart from the names of police officers, this does not involve private data or investigative data,” the minister wrote in a letter to Parliament.

It concerns a hack of the account of one police officer, said a spokesperson for police management. The police have reported the hack to the Dutch Data Protection Authority. They are currently investigating the cause and consequences of the incident.

Chief of Police Janny Knol informed the minister about this on Thursday. Police officers have since been informed of the incident. After the regular weekly Cabinet meeting, Van Weel clarified that the email addresses, names and job titles of the “entire organization” were leaked.

The spokesperson for the police management could not confirm this independently of the minister, but said that it does concern “many” employees in the broad sense, including janitors and those working at reception desks. She also said that it is too early to reveal anything about the impact of the hack.

Names and contact details of all Dutch police officers stolen in hack

The work-related contact details of all police officers were stolen during a cyberattack, Justice and Security Minister David van Weel confirmed on Friday. “Apart from the names of police officers, this does not involve private data or investigative data,” the minister wrote in a letter to...

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[TairikuOkami]

It concerns a hack of the account of one police officer, said a spokesperson for police management.

It sounds as if someone has used his birthday or dog's name as a password again.