In March 2019, the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) suffered two separate cyber incidents.

External cyber forensics specialists had confirmed that it is unlikely that any personal data was accessed or taken by attackers during those incidents and there continues to be no evidence of any real-world impact on our members, as communicated to members at the time.

CEO Mukund Krishna has, on behalf of the PFEW, signed the Settlement Agreement relating to the data protection claims brought against the PFEW by over 19,000 members. The PFEW took a pragmatic view that settlement of the litigation is in the best interests of both the Federation and its members. You find more details about the Settlement Agreement here. 

Statement on behalf of any of the Parties:

KP Law and the Police Federation of England and Wales have reached a settlement for the claims of over 19,000 members and former members of the Federation. These claims relate to two separate cyber incidents that occurred over six years ago and has been in litigation now for over 3 years. This settlement has been reached through diligent cooperation between the claimant group and the Federation. It allows the Federation to move forward with much greater financial certainty.

Statement on behalf of the Defendants by PFEW CEO Mukund Krishna:

On becoming CEO in July 2023, my priority was to stabilise the Federation by working to resolve the two historic group action claims which hung over the organisation. At the end of last year, we agreed a settlement following the employment tribunal ruling against us regarding pension discrimination.  I am now pleased to say that we have settled the data protection claims brought against PFEW by just under 20,000 members and former members. This claim followed two separate cyber-attacks suffered by the Federation over 6 years ago. The Federation has taken the pragmatic view that settlement of the litigation is in the best interests of both the Federation and its members. The negotiation of these settlements has required a huge amount of detailed work but will, collectively, provide the Federation with much greater financial certainty going forward. This outcome will also allow PFEW to move on and focus all our efforts on transforming the organisation and serving the membership.