UK Ministry of Defense Allegedly Hacked by China – Personnel Payroll Information Was Targeted
The world is an increasingly conflicted place, with the geopolitical relations between East and West as tensioned as they’ve ever been in decades.
In this dangerous panorama, a relentless game of cyber attacks and counterattacks seems to be afoot.
At this point, it surfaces that the Chinese regime is now suspected to have hacked the British Ministry of Defense.
MPs were briefed today of the massive data breach involving the MoD, targeting its service personnel.
Sky News reported:
“The government will not name the country involved, but Sky News understands this to be China. The Chinese state is to be accused of two or three attempts at hacking MoD employees – including personnel.”
The cyberattack targeted a payroll system holding data of current service personnel and some veterans.
