Following a data leak that brought “tangible fear of threat to life”, the UK’s data protection watchdog says it intends to fine the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) £750,000 ($955,798). The August exposure of cops’ data affected 9,483 officers and was described by Commissioner Pete O’Doherty of the City of London Police as “the most significant data breach that has ever occurred in the history of UK policing”

Source: The Register