Tag: military
SSCL named as breached MoD contractor
UK-based Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL) has been named as the Ministry of Defence (MoD) contractor hacked by, according to senior government sources, China. British defense minister Grant Shapps has admitted that the personal and financial details of 272,000 service personnel were hacked by “a malign actor.” However, the breach is now being widely attributed to China, despite China’s dismissal of the allegations as “absurd”. But while the compromised payment system has now been taken offline, there are growing fears that the breach may not merely be confined to the MoD, as SSCL handle a number of UK government contracts. “We’re the largest provider of critical business support services for the Government, the UK Military & Veterans (MoD), Metropolitan Police Service, and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB),” boasts SSCL on its website.
West’s intelligence services join forces with Big Tech
In what the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is billing as “their first-ever joint public appearance”, the heads of the intelligence services of five Western governments, known as the “Five Eyes” are now meeting in Palo Alto, California, the heart of Silicon Valley.