Met Police apologises after the email addresses of Mohamed Al Fayed's victims were shared in data breach

The contact details of around 140 women who had accused the former Harrods owner of sexual abuse were accidentally disclosed in a monthly email update for victims.

The Met reported the incident to the Information Commissioner’s Office

London police force tells Telegraph incident was result of ‘human error’ and it is conducting an investigation The Metropolitan police have apologised for accidentally exposing the email addresses of more than 140 victims of Mohamed Al Fayed. In a group update about its investigation into the former Harrods owner, the

Scotland Yard copied in all those who had signed up to receive a monthly update

People might also be entitled up to two free years of credit monitoring.