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Dyfed-Powys investigates possible staff-data access after cyber incident

Emergency calls were unaffected, police say, while online and email contact have been restored.

Chris Allen ·

Carmarthen Police Station, 10 April 2018. Archive photograph, not a scene of the cyber incident: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph and Wikimedia Commons.

Carmarthen Police Station, 10 April 2018. Archive photograph, not a scene of the cyber incident: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph and Wikimedia Commons.

Original photographCC BY-SA 2.0

Dyfed-Powys Police is investigating whether staff information was accessed or compromised during a cyber incident identified on 14 September. In a statement issued on 25 September, the force said some non-emergency systems had been disrupted.

Which services were affected

Police say emergency responses and the 999 and 101 telephone services were unaffected. Online and email contact were unavailable for a period but have now been restored.

What is known about the data

The force says investigators have so far found no evidence that members of the public’s personal data was accessed or compromised. The separate question of possible access to staff information remains under investigation.

Who is investigating

The Information Commissioner’s Office has been notified. Tarian’s regional cyber-crime unit is managing the investigation, with specialists working on system security and restoration. Police have promised further updates when available.

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