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UK education and police legal database records stolen
More than 740,000 records were taken, then a payment was demanded.
- Organisation
- UK DfE / PNLD
- Disclosed
- 29 July 2026
- Affected
- 740,000
- Data
- Contact details of officials, police, public
- Attacker
- ExfilSquad
- Severity
- critical
- Region
- UK
- Source
- CM Alliance monthly roundup ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “UK education and police legal database records stolen”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 29 Jul 2026. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2026-07-29-uk-dfe-pnld-breach/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: CM Alliance monthly roundup, https://www.cm-alliance.com/cybersecurity-blog/major-cyber-attacks-data-breaches-ransomware-attacks-in-july-2026.
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