Northern Ireland police chief says he is 'deeply sorry' for 'industrial scale' data breach but insists he won't quit
Northern Ireland's police chief has said he is "deeply sorry" about two "industrial-scale" breaches of internal data, revealing the identities of thousands of his officers and staff.
"You can only imagine the unconscionable horror as people start to realise that maybe a loved one is put in jeopardy by what they are seeing," he said. With more than 10,000 people affected, the potential bill for compensation could run to tens of millions of pounds. In the most recent major attack in February, an off-duty senior detective suffered life-changing injuries after being shot several times by dissident republican paramilitaries.The Police Federation, a union representing rank-and-file officers, said "several hundred" officers had already told to their managers that they were "concerned and worried as a result of what has happened".
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