The Ministry of Defence offered to expedite the review of a rejected resettlement application of an Afghan national after he posted sensitive details from a data breach on Facebook, the BBC understands.

With a super injunction lifted, the defence secretary John Healey has revealed details of the 2022 breach, while the UK data protection regulator has commented on a ‘deeply regrettable’ incident A Ministry of Defence official accidentally shared the data of more than 18,

Details about the blunder can finally be made public after a judge lifted a court injunction that had been sought by the government.