"UK Police Suffered Thousands of Data Breaches in 2020"

Researchers at VPNoverview discovered that there were over 2300 data breach incidents reported by just 22 of the UK’s police forces in 2020.  The researchers requested information from the UK’s 45 police forces and received responses from 31.  The results revealed a national average of 299 data breaches per police station over the period dating from 2016 to the first four months of 2021.  The researchers found that Lancashire Constabulary topped the list of forces suffering the most data breaches over the period (1300), followed by nearby Cheshire Constabulary (1193), Sussex Police force (980), and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (928).  Five police forces reported fewer than ten incidents from 2016-21, while London’s Metropolitan Police and Dorset Police claimed to have suffered no breaches in over four years.  Sussex Police has already recorded 62 data breach incidents so far in 2021, followed by West Midlands Police (37), North Wales (24), and Wiltshire Constabulary (12).

Infosecurity reports: "UK Police Suffered Thousands of Data Breaches in 2020"