Tag Archives: Ministry of Defense

Shapps to update MPs on hack targeting defense payroll details

Defense Secretary Grant Shapps will brief MPs on a cyber attack on a database containing details of armed forces personnel, amid reports that China was behind the attack. A third-party payroll system was hacked, potentially compromising the banking information of all service personnel and some veterans. A very small number of addresses may also have… Read More »

MoD urged to ban TikTok over Chinese spying fears

UK TikTok ban British defense chiefs have faced calls to ban video-sharing app TikTok over fears sensitive data could be useful to Chinese spies. TikTok is a key source of intelligence for China’s vast intelligence network and its use by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) should end immediately, a former defense chief has told The… Read More »