Police National Legal Database

DISCLOSED 2026-08-04 · UNKNOWN · 135,000 RECORDS EXPOSED

The Police National Legal Database confirmed a data breach after threat actor ExfilSquad leaked 135,000 contact records on the dark web. The incident follows a recent attack on the Department for Education by the same group. No details on the attack vector or timeline were disclosed.

The record

What we know

Disclosed

2026-08-04

Sector

Government

Country

Records exposed

135,000

Data classes exposed

contact records

ColdRecon assessment

Could a positive-security control have prevented this?

Verdict · unclear · opinion

Insufficient details about the attack method to determine if a positive-security model would have prevented it.

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Sources

Cited reporting

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