More than half a million documents exposed include details of insurance investigations, vehicle registration certs, notices of car seizures and payment card details. He said other accessible data exposed documents marked as “confidential”, including incident summary reports that “contained names and details of drivers, witnesses and multiple Garda officers”. He also said most of the exposed data was not related to An Garda Síochána. It is understood that the DPC is now seeking to establish who, ultimately, is responsible as data controller of the exposed data. Mr Fowler said it would not have been difficult for a hacker or an IT expert to access the exposed data.

Source: Irish Independent October 23, 2023 15:28 UTC