{
  "id": 82546,
  "title": "PNLD Breach Exposes U.K. Police and Government Contact Details on Dark Web",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/pnld-breach-exposes-u-k-police-and-government-contact-details-on-dark",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-03T09:13:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/pnld-breach-exposes-uk-police-and.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Police National Legal Database (PNLD) has confirmed that police, government and customer contact information was compromised and published on the dark web. The data included names, organisations and work email addresses belonging to police officers, police staff, criminal justice professionals, government partners and customers. The incident, identified on July 26, also exposed some names",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}