Breach Record

PNLD

DISCLOSED 2026-08-04 · UNKNOWN

PNLD confirmed that police, government, and customer contact data, including names and emails from Ask the Police users, was published on the dark web. The breach exposed contact details of U.K. police and government personnel. No further details on the attack method or number of affected records were provided.

The record

What we know

Disclosed

2026-08-04

Sector

government

Country

Data classes exposed

namesemails

ColdRecon assessment

Could a positive-security control have prevented this?

Verdict · unclear · opinion

Insufficient details on attack vector to assess whether a positive-security model would have prevented this breach.

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Sources

Cited reporting

↗ thehackernews.com

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