Tom Ambrose
The Ministry of Defence has suffered a significant data breach and the personal information of UK military personnel has been hacked.
A third-party payroll system used by the MoD, which includes names and bank details of current and past members of the armed forces, was targeted in the attack. A very small number of addresses may also have been accessed.
The department took immediate action and took the external network, operated by a contractor, offline.
Initial investigations found no evidence that data had been removed, according to the BBC and Sky, who first reported the story. The Guardian understands MPs will be addressed on the matter in the Commons on Tuesday, with Grant Shapps, the defence secretary, expected to make a statement in the afternoon.
Ministers will blame hostile and malign actors, but will not name the country behind the hacking.
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