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China Suspected of Hacking UK MoD -PLUS Chinese Largest GLOBAL Online SCAMS
MoD Data Breach: UK Armed Forces Personal Details Accessed in Hack
China Suspected of Hacking UK Armed Forces Payroll
PLUS Chinese Network Behind Worlds’ Largest GLOBAL Online Scams
The Guardian 8 MAY 2024
The personal information of an unknown number of serving UK military personnel has been accessed in a significant data breach, the BBC understands.
The hack targeted a payroll system used by the Ministry of Defence, which includes names and bank details of both current and some past armed forces members.
In a very small number of cases, the data may include personal addresses.
The data, described as "personal HMRC-style information", relates to current and former members of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force over a period of several years.
The system was managed by an external contractor and no operational MoD data has been obtained.
It is understood the MoD has taken immediate action and the system has been taken off-line, while investigations are under way.
The MoD is in the process of notifying and providing support and advice to those affected, including making veterans' organisations aware of what has happened.
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps is due to update MPs about the hack in the Commons on Tuesday.
He is expected to set out a "multi-point plan" in response, which will include action to protect affected service men and women.
While it has not been disclosed who is behind this hack, it comes amid increased warnings about cyber-security threats facing the UK from hostile states and third parties.
Last year, the government published an updated version of its long-term defence strategy which said the use of "commercial spyware, ransomware and offensive cyber capabilities by state and non-state actors has proliferated".
In March, the government publicly accused China of being behind an August 2021 hack targeting the details of millions of voters held by the Electoral Commission.
In December 2023, the National Cyber Security Centre said Russian intelligence was behind a "malicious cyber activity attempting to interfere in UK politics and democratic processes".
Public institutions and private firms have also been targeted by hackers demanding ransoms.
SCAMS; Vast Web of Fake Shops Touting Designer Brands Took Money and Personal Details From 800,000 People in Europe and US
More than 800,000 people in Europe and the US appear to have been duped into sharing card details and other sensitive personal data with a vast network of fake online designer shops apparently operated from China.
An international investigation by the Guardian, Die Zeit and Le Monde gives a rare inside look at the mechanics of what the UK’s Chartered Trading Standards Institute has described as one of the largest scams of its kind, with 76,000 fake websites created.
A trove of data examined by reporters and IT experts indicates the operation is highly organised, technically savvy – and ongoing.
Operating on an industrial scale, programmers have created tens of thousands of fake web shops offering discounted goods from Dior, Nike, Lacoste, Hugo Boss, Versace and Prada, as well as many other premium brands.
Published in multiple languages from English to German, French, Spanish, Swedish and Italian, the websites appear to have been set up to lure shoppers into parting with money and sensitive personal data.
However, the sites have no connection to the brands they claim to sell and in most cases consumers who spoke about their experience said they received no items.
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