The Police Service of Northern Ireland suffered two data breaches in 2023.
[2] On 10 August Chief Constable Simon Byrne said that dissident republicans had claimed to have copies of the leaked information, which had been circulating on WhatsApp.
[3] The Police Federation for Northern Ireland called for an "urgent inquiry" into the data breach.
[1] Alliance Party leader Naomi Long said that the sheer scale of the breach was "profoundly concerning".
[1] On 9 August 2023 it was revealed that documents, a police issue laptop and radio were stolen from a private vehicle near Newtownabbey on 6 July 2023.