Connor Jones reports:
UK Government has confirmed a cyberattack on the payroll system used by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) led to “malign” forces accessing data on current and a limited number of former armed forces personnel.
There is no evidence to suggest that the criminals who broke into the systems actually removed any data, but they did access personal information including names, financial data, and in some cases home addresses.
The affected systems have been pulled offline but there is no indication as to how long the attackers had access to the data.
Defence secretary Grant Shapps addressed the Commons on Tuesday afternoon, confirming ministers’ suspicions that Shared Services Connected Ltd (SSCL) was the contractor running the system during the attack.
Read more at The Register.