PSNI data breach: Policing board to question PSNI leadership

The policing board will meet on Tuesday for updates on the investigation into a major PSNI data breach.

Chief Constable Simon Byrne
Author: James GouldPublished 22nd Aug 2023

The policing board is to meeting again on Tuesday to receive an update on the major PSNI data breach on 8 August.

The PSNI leadership will also be quizzed on other data losses that have been reported recently.

This includes the most recent incident last week, where a notebook and laptop fell off the top of moving car.

It also comes after The Chief Constable Simon Byrne, confirmed that the information lost in the data breach is now in the hands of dissident republicans.

The board will hold its special meeting from 11am to 12:30pm today, followed by a private session with the Chief Constable and his team between 1pm to 2:30pm.

Mr Byrne will then face the media after these meetings.