The Ministry of Defence became aware of the breach more than a year later, when excerpts of the spreadsheet were anonymously posted in a Facebook group.

The former minister shared that there was a "palpable and justified" anger within Government towards the MoD following the catastrophic breach.

Former Armed Forces minister James Heappey has shared the "gut-wrenching" moment he learned of the Afghan data leak, admitting the previous government "let the country down badly" in a long apology.

THE Government is still battling in courts to keep the Afghan data leak secret – as it emerged the dataset included details of MPs, MI6 agents and special forces personnel. Defence sources have

James Heappey said claims he had backed a ‘new entitlement’ for people affected by the breach but not eligible for other schemes

Our community has reacted with anger, disbelief and deep concern to revelations that a catastrophic Ministry of Defence data breach, which put tens of thousands of Afghans at risk, was kept hidden under a superinjunction for nearly two years,

Penny Mordaunt has said the person behind the MoD data breach should lose their job to show that the incident was "wrong".