From securityaffairs.com
The UK Ministry of Defense disclosed a data breach impacting a third-party payroll system that exposed data of approximately 272,000 armed forces personnel and veterans.
The Ministry of Defence revealed that a malign actor gained access to part of the Armed Forces payment network, which is an external system completely separate to MOD’s core network.
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps told House of Commons that the impacted system is not connected to the main military HR system.
The UK Ministry of Defense is reviewing the operations of the impacted contractor and announced that appropriate measures will be taken.
The compromised information includes the personal data of regular and reserve personnel and some recently retired veterans. The malicious actor gained access to names and bank details, and, in a smaller number of cases, addresses of the impacted personnel.
The UK government did not publicly attribute the attack, however, the BBC reported that UK ministers suspected China was responsible