nnA major security breach has revealed that personal details of over 100 UK special forces members and intelligence operatives were compromised in a 2022 data leak from Afghanistan. The sensitive information was accidentally emailed outside government by a UK Special Forces headquarters employee, exposing SAS/SBS operatives alongside nearly 19,000 Afghans seeking UK resettlement. This revelation comes after a High Court judge partially lifted an unprecedented ‘super-injunction’ that had suppressed reporting for two years. The breach represents one of the worst UK security failures in modern history, potentially endangering operatives if data reached hostile groups like the Taliban. Defence Secretary John Healey acknowledged a ‘small number’ of officials were affected, but full scope remained hidden until today’s court decision.