{"id":262024,"date":"2025-07-15T18:05:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T17:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-was-the-mod-data-leak-kept-secret-for-600-days\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T18:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T17:05:40","slug":"why-was-the-mod-data-leak-kept-secret-for-600-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-was-the-mod-data-leak-kept-secret-for-600-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Why was the MoD data leak kept secret for 600 days?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/GXSI8QliBIo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why was the MoD data leak kept secret for 600 days?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GXSI8QliBIo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>It was a mistake that endangered thousands of people who had supported British forces in Afghanistan &#8211; and the Afghans&#8217; families.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, the Ministry of Defence has admitted it was responsible for a data breach that has been kept a secret for years &#8211; at huge expense to taxpayers &#8211; with the help of a super injunction that prevented media or parliamentary scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 7,000 Afghan nationals are being relocated to the UK following the blunder by the British military.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Austin is joined by Sky\u2019s security and defence editor Deborah Haynes, as well as one of the lawyers representing many of those affected by the leak.<\/p>\n<p>Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse\u00a0<br \/>\nEditor: Mike Bovill\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a mistake that endangered thousands of people who had supported British forces in Afghanistan &#8211; and the Afghans&#8217; families. 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