Northern Ireland

Former NI justice minister questions ‘systemic failures’ that led to PSNI data breach

Naomi Long, the leader of the Alliance party, said major questions had been raised by the incident

Alliance party leader Naomi Long said that “serious questions” needed to be asked. Picture: RollingNews.ie

Alliance Party leader Naomi Long said there were “major questions” arising from the PSNI data breach and “systemic failures” needed to be properly investigated.

Long, a former justice minister on the Northern Ireland executive asked: “Why was all this data held in one place? Why was it not encrypted? Why was a junior member of staff in a position to be able to access it? Given the sensitivity of such data, is that in itself ...