Imagine waking up one morning to discover a massive data breach has exposed all your private financial details and personal information.
For over 270,000 members of the UK's armed forces, that's exactly what happened in one of the nation's worst cyber security incidents to date.
The MoD data Breach, was a sophisticated cyber attack that infiltrated a third-party system used by the Ministry of Defence to handle payments for soldiers, sailors and pilots across all branches of the military.
In a matter of hours, a malicious hacker gained access to extremely confidential data on over a quarter of a million troops - names, bank accounts, addresses and more.
When the MoD cyberattack news first broke, the Ministry immediately took the compromised network offline to stem the damage.
But as investigations began into the scale of the hack, it became clear this was no ordinary cyber crime. Forensic evidence pointed to the involvement of a highly capable state-sponsored group - one with decades of experience in espionage and a well-known rivalry with Britain.
Of course, no country was publicly blamed. But many Western analysts agree - all signs pointed to China, which has been accused of orchestrating numerous data thefts targeting military personnel before.
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