Britain’s Ministry of Defence has been the target of a large-scale cyberattack, a government minister confirmed to British media.
On Tuesday, Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride told Sky News, which first reported the hack, that the attack was on a system run by an outside firm but was still a “very significant matter”.
It targeted a third-party payroll system used by the Defence Ministry and included the names and bank details of current and former service personnel of the armed forces, Sky News and the BBC reported.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said a “malign actor” has probably compromised the payments system.
“There are indications that a malign actor has compromised the armed forces’ payment network,” Sunak told reporters.
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