PCS responds to MoD cyber attack

PCS general secretary Fran Heathcote said: "We haven't had specific problems with SSCL and have today been reassured our members' details haven’t been leaked.

“However, we have concerns that outsourcing this kind of work to private companies makes our members' data more vulnerable because it involves a third party being entrusted to carry out a function on behalf of the state, rather than it being done in-house by trusted staff.

“There’s also a concern that the introduction of a profit motive could mean the quality of the service, including security, is compromised in order to cut costs.”

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