Dyfed-Powys Police suffers cyber-attack affecting non-emergency systems

A police force in south Wales says it has suffered a cyber-attack which has caused disruption to some non-emergency systems and could have led to staff information being "accessed or compromised".

Dyfed-Powys Police said the incident was identified on 14 September, and an investigation had been going on into the circumstances surrounding it.

The force said it remained fully operational and its response to emergency incidents had not been affected, adding that while online and email contact services were unavailable for a period, these had now been restored, and 999 and 101 service had not been affected.