Dissident republicans claim to be in possession of leaked PSNI information

Northern Ireland's chief constable has revealed that dissident republicans - who regard the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) as "legitimate targets" - claim they are in possession of their personal information.

Simon Byrne said he was "deeply sorry" for the "industrial scale breach of data that has gone into the public domain", describing it as an "unprecedented crisis".

Earlier this week, the PSNI declared a "critical incident" after releasing information including the surnames, initials, ranks or grades, work locations and departments of all its staff as part of a Freedom of Information (FoI) request.

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