Overview

• Over 18,000 Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy applicant records were exposed when the High Court overturned a two-year publication ban on July 15
• Taliban forces have reportedly murdered at least ten Afghans named in the leaked data and detained others checking their status at internet cafes
• Law firms such as Barings Law and Leigh Day have filed compensation claims against the Ministry of Defence, which has vowed to defend all legal action
• Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee has agreed to launch a formal investigation into the intelligence community’s handling of the breach
• An independent Rimmer Review judged that mere inclusion on the spreadsheet was unlikely to trigger targeting, a finding disputed by survivors and lawyers pointing to fresh reprisals