Personal details of UK special forces and spies were included in Afghan data breach

In the UK, it was revealed on Thursday that over 100 British officials' identities, including special forces and MI6 members were also compromised in the 2022 data breach that endangered thousands of Afghans.

In a breach dating back to early 2022, nearly 19,000 Afghan helpers of British forces and 100 Britons, including MI6 operatives and SAS soldiers, had their data compromised due to a mistakenly sent Ministry of Defense email.

A super-injunction had been in place since 2023, preventing the public from knowing about the leak and the covert operation of relocating more than 16,000 Afghans at an estimated cost of 2.7 billion U.S. dollars.

The government had already admitted on Tuesday the data breach, which had been kept secret by the previous injunction.