The leak of more than 1,000 addresses of people on the New Year's Honours list was slammed as a 'serious and extraordinary breach' by a former Civil Service boss yesterday. Lord Kerslake has demanded an urgent investigation into the accidental publication of the confidential information by the Cabinet Office. His intervention comes amid fears that home addresses of celebrities, MI5 officers, police and military officials who received new year honours are already for sale on the dark web. Police officers and intelligence officials are understood to be scouring the dark web to see if the address document is being secretly traded by criminals. Lord Kerslake, who was head of the Civil Service from 2012 to 2014, said an investigation was needed.

Source: Daily Mail December 30, 2019 00:24 UTC