Metropolitan Police Comes Under Cyber Attack Only Weeks After PSNI Data Breach

Expert Jake Moore says criminals look for the 'weakest link'

New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, in London on Feb. 9, 2022. James Manning/PA

The Metropolitan Police has been advised by IT experts to carry out a thorough investigation of its cyber security practices following a data breach.

On Saturday the Metropolitan Police said, in a statement on its website: “We have been made aware of unauthorised access to the IT system of a Met supplier. We are working with the company to understand if there has been any security breach relating to Metropolitan Police data.”