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Breach Record

Police National Legal Database (PNLD)

DISCLOSED 2026-08-05 · RANSOMWARE · 135,000 RECORDS EXPOSED

The Police National Legal Database (PNLD) suffered a data breach exposing full names of police officers and staff. The ExfilSquad data extortion group claims to have stolen 135,000 contact records. PNLD is an online legal resource used by UK police forces and also operates a public-facing website.

The record

What we know

Disclosed
2026-08-05
Attack vector
Ransomware
Sector
Legal / Law Enforcement Support
Country
UK
Records exposed
135,000
Data classes exposed
full names
Sources

Cited reporting

↗ bleepingcomputer.com
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