Question follow-through · 21363
Ministry of Defence: Police National Legal Database
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence personnel were affected by the reported cyberattack that compromised data associated with the Police National Legal Database and related systems.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence personnel were affected by the reported cyberattack that compromised data associated with the Police National Legal Database and related systems.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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7 Sept 2026
Answer published
There has been no compromise of MOD networks. The reported cyberattack was against the Police National Legal Database (PNLD) system, which some MOD personnel use. Defence worked with the Police National Management Centre to identify data of potentially af...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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