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Police National Legal Database dark-web contact data leak

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The Police National Legal Database (PNLD) confirmed that contact information for police, government and customer users was published on the dark web, exposing names and work email addresses and increasing phishing risk. The exposed set included records tied to police officers, police staff, criminal justice professionals, government partners and customers. The leak was identified on July 26, 2026, and PNLD said there was no evidence that passwords or other security credentials were compromised.

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Timeline

  1. 03.08.2026 12:13 1 articles · 2h ago

    PNLD contact data is posted on a dark web leak site

    Initial Disclosure

    ExfilSquad listed the Police National Legal Database on its leak site on July 26, exposing police, government and customer contact information, including names, organisations and work email addresses for police officers, police staff, criminal justice professionals, government partners and customers. Some names and email addresses tied to people who had submitted questions through Ask the Police were also exposed.

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  2. 03.08.2026 12:13 2 articles · 2h ago

    PNLD confirms exposed contact details and VenariX maps a Power Pages path

    Technical Analysis Update

    PNLD confirmed that police, government and customer contact information was compromised and published on the dark web, said there was no evidence that passwords or other security credentials were compromised, contacted affected organisations, and notified the Information Commissioner's Office while working with the National Crime Agency. VenariX assessed the likely campaign-level path as a public Power Pages site with broad Anonymous Users access to Dataverse tables, but said the Power Pages link remained a hypothesis and that no PNLD-specific endpoint, permission setting, API route, or supporting log had been identified.

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