 has said he does not feel safe in his home following a massive data breach. The man, based outside Belfast, said he has now made changes to his daily life, and no longer attends his child's Gaelic football training. His name was on a document mistakenly shared by the PSNI that gave details of about 10,000 officers and staff. It included the surname and first initial of every employee. Their rank or grade, where they are based and the unit they work in, including sensitive areas such as surveillance and intelligence, was also revealed. "There were places before that I was going to and there was people that I would have been in general contact with that would have had suspicions at times that I was an employee of the police service," the man told BBC News NI. "So it has changed my attendance at a local sports club that I have been attending for maybe 10 or 15 years - or going to a club that my child would also be attending. I've varied my attendance at things I have been doing regularly for years." BBC News NI understands that 1,700 police staff have now raised concerns with police since the data was leaked on Tuesday. A number of PSNI employees have spoken anonymously to BBC News NI about their safety fears following the data breach. The civilian staff member said that prior to the leak he had taken steps to conceal his profession. Image caption, Police in Northern Ireland are very conscious of their personal security "I would wear a uniform with the PSNI emblem on it," the support worker said. "When I wash the clothing, I wouldn't be hanging it out on the line like the rest of my clothes, it would be taken to another location and washed and dried or tumble dried or left in the house over the radiator just to ensure that I don't leave with anything, with any emblems on me." It followed an attack on an off-duty senior detective , who suffered life-changing injuries after being shot several times by di){kind=link}
A support worker with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said he does not feel safe in his home following a massive data breach.
The man, based outside Belfast, said he has now made changes to his daily life, and no longer attends his child’s Gaelic football training.
His name was on a document mistakenly shared by the PSNI that gave details of about 10,000 officers and staff.
It included the surname and first initial of every employee.
Their rank or grade, where they are based and the unit they work in, including sensitive areas such as surveillance and intelligence, was also revealed.