A huge Ministry of Defence leak in 2022 is first being revealed in detail after a superinjunction was lifted. The Independent reports:
A huge Ministry of Defence data breach put the lives of up to 100,000 at risk and prompted thousands of Afghans to be evacuated to Britain under a covert £7bn scheme – then was kept secret for almost two years by an unprecedented superinjunction, it can be revealed today.
The leak, in February 2022, exposed the details of thousands of Afghans who said they were in danger from the Taliban because of their links to UK forces and now wanted to escape to Britain.
The blunder triggered a top secret government operation, codenamed Operation Rubific, which involved 16,000 Afghans being brought to the UK as part of Britain’s largest covert peacetime evacuation, with some 8,000 still to come.
The whole operation was kept secret from MPs and the public, with ministers even deciding to hide the true reason for the evacuation from parliament.
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