The government said that the personal details of 18,000 Afghans were accidentally revealed in 2022. The previous government had secured a legal order to prevent any reporting on the subject.
British soldiers in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, in 2020. The disclosure about the data exposure comes at a time when immigration is a sensitive issue in British politics.
A new report comes amid rising concern about how China will use new tools to power covert actions, as Western intelligence services also embrace the technology.