--- title: ExfilSquad hackers leak info of over 100,000 UK police... description: The ExfilSquad data extortion group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on the UK's Police National Legal Database (PNLD), leaking contact information... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/exfilsquad-hackers-leak-info-of-over-100-000-uk-police-officers-staff-bpluulbsn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: ExfilSquad hackers leak info of over 100,000 UK police officers, staff | daily.dev og:description: The ExfilSquad data extortion group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on the UK's Police National Legal Database (PNLD), leaking contact information... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/exfilsquad-hackers-leak-info-of-over-100-000-uk-police-officers-staff-bpluulbsn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bplUULBSN.png og:image:alt: ExfilSquad hackers leak info of over 100,000 UK police officers, staff og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # ExfilSquad hackers leak info of over 100,000 UK police officers, staff **[BleepingComputer](https://daily.dev/sources/bleepingcomputer)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The ExfilSquad data extortion group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on the UK's Police National Legal Database (PNLD), leaking contact information of over 100,000 police officers, staff, and criminal justice professionals. The breach, detected on July 26, exposed full names, organizations, and email addresses of PNLD subscribers and Ask the Police users. ExfilSquad claims to have stolen 1.9 GB of data totaling approximately 135,000 records and demanded a ransom. The incident is under investigation by cybersecurity experts and the National Crime Agency. No passwords or confidential victim/witness data were compromised. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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