Force’s chief constable believes thousands of officers’ personal details are in paramilitary hands Republican paramilitaries have obtained the information that leaked in a Police Service of Northern Ireland data breach, according to the force’s chief constable. Simon Byrne said on Monday that he believed dissident republicans had …

Breaches hurt police morale and may help republican paramilitaries intimidate officers and their families Police data breaches in Northern Ireland have given republican paramilitaries a powerful tool to intimidate, demoralise and target officers and their families for years to come, according to security experts. The New IRA and other …