The passwords of more than 3,000 UK civil servants have been found exposed on the dark web and other publicly available sources, according to research from NordPass.

195 exposed passwords identified by researchers belonged to staff at the Ministry of Justice, 111 from the Ministry of Defence, and 122 from the Department of Work and Pensions.

There were also large numbers of passwords from HM Revenue & Customs, the Home Office, as well as a number of councils including Aberdeen City Council, Lancashire County Council, Newham Council, and Southwark Council.

Notably, NordPass researchers identified 70 compromised passwords of UK Parliament employees.

“Exposure of sensitive data, including passwords, of civil servants is particularly dangerous,” said Karolis Arbačiauskas, head of produ

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