“The police have been informed by the intelligence services that it is very likely a ‘state actor’, in other words: another country or perpetrators on behalf of another country.” reads the update on the data breach published by Dutch Polite. The Dutch police blame a state actor for the recent data breach that exposed officers’ contact details, the justice minister told lawmakers. Work-related contact details of police officers were stolen.” reads the data breach notice published by Dutch police. The Dutch government blames a “state actor” for hacking a police system, exposing the contact details of all police officers, according to the justice minister. Dutch intelligence agencies believe it is highly likely that a state actor was behind the recent police data breach. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. Justice Minister David van Weel assured lawmakers that police and national security partners are working to protect impacted officers and prevent further damage. The incident took place on September 26, 2024, and the police have reported the security breach to the Data Protection Authority. “Based on the information from the intelligence services, the police immediately implemented strong security measures against this attack. Threat actors broke into a police system and gained access to work-related contact details of multiple officers. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website.
This Cyber News was published on securityaffairs.com. Publication date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 22:43:05 +0000