UK government investment arm cops to 40-hour leak of officials' contact details
It also informed its Audit and Risk Committee and commissioned an external review of the breach. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); The report offers little else in the way of detail. UKGI doesn't say when the exposure occurred, where the file was hosted, whether anyone accessed or downloaded it, or which departments employed the affected officials.
- ▪It also informed its Audit and Risk Committee and commissioned an external review of the breach.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); The report offers little else in the way of detail.
- ▪UKGI doesn't say when the exposure occurred, where the file was hosted, whether anyone accessed or downloaded it, or which departments employed the affected officials.
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| Original publisher | The Register |
| Canonical URL | https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/03/uk-government-investment-arm-cops-to-40-hour-leak-of-officials-contact-details/5282213 |
| Publication time | Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:02:00 +0200 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-03T11:05:43.854Z |
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| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
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Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); SECURITY UK government investment arm cops to 40-hour leak of officials' contact details Employee failed to follow security policy, leaving internal management file open to the public Carly Page Carly Page Published mon 3 Aug 2026 // 12:02 UTC The UK government's corporate finance adviser has admitted that an employee left an internal file containing the names and work email addresses of dozens of officials publicly accessible for around 40 hours.The breach, first reported by The…
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