Defence secretary to address MPs after names and bank details of armed forces members targeted by unnamed attacker
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.
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