Key technical takeaways On 26 July 2026, a major cyber security incident compromised the Police National Legal Database (PNLD), a law-enforcement resource governed by West Yorkshire Police. The breach resulted in approximately 135,000 contact records (247,348 individual data items) being leaked onto the dark web. The compromised information reportedly includes …
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