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UK ministry mistakenly shared 250 Afghan interpreters' details on email
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 21 - 09 - 2021

Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has launched an investigation into a data breach involving the email addresses of dozens of Afghan interpreters who worked for British forces.
More than 250 people seeking relocation to the UK -- many of whom are in hiding - were mistakenly copied into an email from the Ministry of Defense.
Their email addresses could be seen by all recipients, showing people's names and some associated profile pictures.
The MoD has apologized in a statement.
The email was sent to interpreters who remain in Afghanistan or have been able to get to other countries.
Conservative MP and former defense minister Johnny Mercer told BBC Radio 4's Today program: "The reality is we've left the vast, vast majority of our interpreters behind so this is going to have a profound impact on people who are still in the country."
He said he had spoken to the brother of one man, trained by the UK to serve in Afghan special forces, who had been executed after the evacuation by the US and UK and whose family is now on the run.
Failings by the Ministry of Defense and the Home Office had led to Afghan allies being "hunted ruthlessly by the Taliban", he said.
The email was sent by the team in charge of the UK's Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (Arap), which has been in contact with them since the Taliban took control of the country last month.
The team told the interpreters it was doing everything it could to help relocate them.
It also said they should not put themselves or their families at risk if it was not safe for them to leave their current location.
But one interpreter who received the email realised that more than 250 Afghans who worked with British forces had been copied into the email.
"This mistake could cost the life of interpreters, especially for those who are still in Afghanistan," they told the BBC.
"Some of the interpreters didn't notice the mistake and they replied to all the emails already and they explained their situation which is very dangerous. The email contains their profile pictures and contact details."
The MoD then sent another email 30 minutes later with the title "Urgent - Arap case contact" asking the recipients to delete the previous email and warning "your email address may have been compromised".
It recommended the interpreters change their email addresses.
Labour shadow defense secretary John Healey said the data breach had "needlessly put lives at risk" and called on the government to urgently step up efforts to get the interpreters to the UK.


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