24,000 Afghans offered asylum because of a £6 billion data breach

More than  24,000 Afghans have been offered asylum in the UK after they were caught up in a massive data breach by a Royal Marine, High Court was told. The MoD has admitted the leak pushed the cost of bringing Afghan refugees to Britain to £6 billion to support the families of Afghan soldiers who fought the Taliban. A Royal Marine accidentally leaked the data in an email to a group of Afghans in February 2022. It included a spreadsheet…