“This Is Low-Level TERROR!“ - Former Defence Attaché On China’s Cyber Attack On Ministry Of Defence

Former Defence Attaché Colonel Simon Diggins says China’s hacking of the Ministry of Defence is “serious“. “This is low-level terror... they’re showing they can reach into our Ministry of Defence and cause chaos. They haven’t done so yet but they can do so.“ The Prime Minister has declined to identify the “malign actor” behind a cyber attack on the Ministry of Defence (MoD) amid speculation China carried out the hack. The Government has confirmed that a third-party payroll system was hacked, potentially compromising the bank details of service personnel and veterans. A very small number of addresses may also have been accessed. Speaking to broadcasters in south-east London, Rishi Sunak said there were “indications that a malign actor” had compromised the database, but declined to attribute the attack to a specific state or “actor”. Grant Shapps has said that “state involvement” in the large-scale cyber attack on the Ministry of Defence (M