Mod data breach: UK armed forces' personal details accessed in hack

[azalemeth]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68966497

[extasia]

I think it should be MOD or MoD in the title not Mod, as it's an acronym (Ministry of Defence)

[fidotron]

This is a real mess.

OTOH a government that persistently works to undermine the online privacy and security of everyone else cannot really complain when it makes securing their own staff and operations impossible.

[xgkickt → fidotron]

Plus a history of lax infosec: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252502749/Parliamentary-...

[hkmaxpro]

Sky News has more information:

https://news.sky.com/story/china-hacked-ministry-of-defence-...