Police association headquarters hit by malware cyber attack

The Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) today said it fell victim to an attack on 9 March, and said it had put steps in place to isolate the impact and reduce the risk of it spreading.

“There is no evidence at this stage that any data was extracted from our systems, but this cannot be discounted,” the organisation said in a tweet.

The PFEW said it had no indication the attack had spread to other branches, but said there had been some disruption to services. “At this stage the risk of data being extracted or misused is low; we wanted to alert those we hold data on as to the risk at the earliest opportunity,” it added.