Daily Mail readership list leaked online

From our house price and immigration correspondent, Fiona Pettifort

The Daily Mail tonight vowed to take legal action after its entire readership list was published online in breach of a court injunction.
The paper blamed disgruntled former employees for posting details of the names, postal and email addresses and ages of more than 60,000 readers who have the paper delivered every day.
Details of the hobbies, professions and other areas of expertise of many readers are thought to be included.
The readership list dates from late last year, the DAILY MAIL said, and its publication had been prevented under a high court injunction obtained in April.
Embarrassed paper bosses have complained to the police and are seeking legal advice to prevent the further spread of the data.
Paul Dacre, the DAILY MAIL's editor, said he found out this morning that the injunction had been broken, describing the posting as "malevolent and spiteful".
"This is being done to destabilise the paper after a successful distribution launch on the Costa del Sol and before the launch of our Sunday ‘You’ magazine."
He said the readership list, which was password protected and encrypted, had been stolen from the paper. "This isn't a question of us mislaying the information, this is theft," he said.
Dacre claimed the list contained the names of people who had never been readers of the paper as well as the names of current and former readers. Although the paper is taking action to take down the list, Dacre conceded: "Once it's out, it's out."
"We are worried because kids who deliver the paper are on the list. It is not information that should be in the public domain," he added. "We are always receiving death threats."
He said the paper discovered the information had been leaked when its readership started receiving unsolicited junk mail. "We found that readers were being sent brochures for Saga Holidays and Stannah Stairlifts. We went to the Manchester high court and obtained an injunction. It cost tens of thousands of pounds," he said.
Dacre said the paper had complained to Tonbridge police – the DAILY MAIL carries out much of its administration in Royal Tunbridge Wells – but the force was unable to confirm that a disgruntled complaint had been made.
The publication sparked alarm among the DAILY MAIL's readership.
"I'm also on the list, what the hell is going on? I could lose my credibility," posted one member on a north-west England DAILY MAIL forum.
Another wrote: "God help anyone who is in the army, the prison service, health care, police officer or a teacher. More people will come and steal our jobs"
Since 2004, police officers have faced dismissal if found to be readers of the DAILY MAIL.