Hackers hacked into British Ministry of Defense servers and stole data, Sky News reported on May 6.
The department did not mention the country from where the attack was carried out.
The cyberattack was directed at the payroll system. Mainly names and bank details have been revealed.
The department’s contractor database was not connected to the Department of Defense’s main computer systems and was not affected.
The attack reportedly occurred a few days ago. The magnitude of the information losses has not been reported.
It comes less than two months after the Chinese government blamed “state actors” for two “malicious” cyberattack campaigns in the UK.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said the two incidents involved an attack on the Electoral Commission, responsible for overseeing elections and political financing in 2021, as well as attacks targeting China-skeptic MPs.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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