China reportedly hacked UK’s Ministry of Defence

China has reportedly hacked the UK Ministry of Defence, resulting in a major data breach.  Officials in the MoD building have been scrambling over the weekend after it discovered a cyberattack on a payroll system for existing service personnel and some veterans.  MPs will be told on Tuesday (local time) of the MoD data breach, but China will not be named.  It’s understood that preliminary investigations suggest that no data was taken.  It’s also understood that the payroll system that was breached isn’t part of the MoD’s main computer system.
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