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The Welsh force says a cyber-attack disrupted some non-emergency systems and may have exposed staff information. Emergency responses and the 999 and 101 services were unaffected, it says.
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Dyfed-Powys Police in Wales has warned that staff information may have been accessed or compromised in a cyber-attack that disrupted some of its non-emergency systems, BBC News reported on 25 September. [1]
The force said it identified the incident on 14 September and was investigating the circumstances. The identification date does not establish when the attack began. [1]
Police said the force remained fully operational, with no impact on responses to emergency incidents or the 999 and 101 telephone services. Online and email contact services were temporarily unavailable but had been restored. The report does not establish whether all affected non-emergency systems had been restored. [1]
The Information Commissioner's Office, the UK's data protection regulator, had been notified, according to the BBC. That notification does not itself confirm that staff data was accessed or stolen. [1]
The report does not confirm whether staff information was accessed, what types of data might be involved or how many people could be affected. The attack's method and perpetrator are also not identified. [1]
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