Exclusive: Official UK security assessment found Microsoft cloud platform storing files was at potential risk from hostile hackers
Vast troves of highly sensitive police data are lying on Microsoft cloud platforms which an official UK security assessment deemed as being vulnerable to “compromise” by foreign actors and the US government, a Guardian investigation can reveal.
The files include criminal records, victim statements, internal emails and sensitive information held by more than 40 police forces across the UK.
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/18/sensitive-uk-police-data-vulnerable-to-compromise-by-us-government-and-foreign-actors
Exclusive: Official UK security assessment found Microsoft cloud platform storing files was at potential risk from hostile hackers
Vast troves of highly sensitive police data are lying on Microsoft cloud platforms which an official UK security assessment deemed as being vulnerable to “compromise” by foreign actors and the US government, a Guardian investigation can reveal.
The files include criminal records, victim statements, internal emails and sensitive information held by more than 40 police forces across the UK.
Continue reading...Source: Guardian
Source Link: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/18/sensitive-uk-police-data-vulnerable-to-compromise-by-us-government-and-foreign-actors