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PSNI data breach: Two men plead not guilty to terrorist charges
Overview
Two men, Brian Francis Cavlan and Rory Martin Logan, have appeared at Belfast Crown Court and pleaded not guilty to terrorist charges connected to a major PSNI data breach in August 2023, where a spreadsheet containing the details of over 10,000 officers and staff was mistakenly released.
Key points
- Brian Francis Cavlan and Rory Martin Logan pleaded not guilty at Belfast Crown Court to charges of collecting information useful for terrorism.
- The charges stem from a PSNI data breach on 8 August 2023 caused by an accidental Freedom of Information release.
- The leaked spreadsheet contained sensitive information regarding over 10,000 PSNI officers and staff.
- Cavlan denied possessing spreadsheets and screenshots containing police employee details between August 2023 and April 2024.
- Logan entered not guilty pleas to two counts of possessing copies of the leaked spreadsheet.
- Judge Gordon Kerr KC scheduled a case review for early November, with no trial date set yet.