02 March 2017

News Story: Singaporean Defence Ministry reports cyberattack

Hanoi (VNA) – The Singaporean Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) on February 28 announced that hackers stole basic personal information of 850 military staff in an attack targeting its computer system.

The MINDEF detected the I-net system being attacked at the beginning of this month. 

The I-net system allows the ministry’s staff and soldiers to get access to the Internet via the ministry’s end-user devices as well as at the bases of Singapore’s armed forces.

Stolen data includes phone number, birth date, and identification number.

Read the full story at VietnamPlus