The UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) disclosed on May 7, 2024 a data breach impacting a third-party payroll system that exposed data of approximately 272,000 armed forces personnel – active, reserve and retired veterans.
In a statement to the House of Commons, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) identified the intrusion “in recent days.”
The Ministry of Defence revealed that a malicious actor gained access to part of the Armed Forces payment network, which is an external system completely separate from MoD’s core network.
The compromised information includes names and bank details, and, in a smaller number of cases, addresses of the impacted personnel.
Mr. Shapps publicly criticized the contractor, stating there was “evidence of failings” in the management of the breached system.
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