China hacked Ministry of Defence, Sky News learns

Gradually_Adjusting, 18 days ago

Remember when closer economic ties with China was going to make them into a liberal democracy? That was awesome.

impure9435, 18 days ago

The dumbest excuse ever, and somehow, all kinds of western leaders, companies and citizens were tricked into believing it

Prior_Industry, 18 days ago

Maybe their offshore accounts hold the answer

brain_in_a_box, 17 days ago

The government will not name the country involved, but Sky News understands this to be China.

Lol.

Linkerbaan, 18 days ago

Only time anyone cares about the vets is when China hacks their salary system lmao.

safesyrup, 18 days ago

I also understand many things

wurzelgummidge, 18 days ago

Sky News

And we only need to take Rupert Murdoch’s word for it to be true

YeetPics, 18 days ago

I’d say take China’s word for it, but China just announced that they own sky news as well as all international waters.

MonsterMonster, 18 days ago

There was a time that the UK government had China involved in the development of a new nuclear power station, Sizewell C. They corrected their mistake.

Syntha, 17 days ago

Chinese company still owns a stake in Hinkley Point C they just refuse to provide more funding because it has turned into giant shitshow. I don’t think they’ll be too upset of at least unloading those bags onto the Brits.

tal, 18 days ago

The cyberattack was on a payroll system with current service personnel and some veterans. It is largely names and bank details that have been exposed.

I mean, that’s not ideal, but as information goes, that seems kind of limited. Bank data is maybe useful for someone trying to steal money, but I don’t see as how Chinese intelligence would benefit that much.

Maybe they could confirm that someone was working for the British military or something, like if they were working secretly for military intelligence? I don’t know if that’s something that the UK does.

FlyingSquid, 18 days ago

I could see it as being a way to find people that could be bribed.

If your bank balance is in the negative and you work for the MoD, that’s a great way for China to get you to spy for them.

tal, 18 days ago (edited 18 days ago)

If your bank balance is in the negative and you work for the MoD

Knowing their financial situation could buy them useful information, true.

So, I’m going off the US here, but I don’t think that just knowing a bank account number is sufficient to let you see what’s in it. And I don’t believe that a normal bank account will let you run a negative balance, absent something like bank fees. Like, it’s not a credit card. You can get a credit card from a bank, but then knowing a bank account number won’t let you know the balance on the credit card.

considers

Security on checking accounts is pretty horrendous. I guess if an employer is moving money into a direct-deposit bank account, if that account is a checking account, you could forge a check for a given amount and see whether it goes through, and then do a transfer back the other direction, and if it bounces, transfer an amount sufficient to cover the “bad check” fee. However, if you’re forging checks en masse I think that banks – not to mention account holders – are liable to notice.

Like, what they’re getting is what someone’s employer has. The employer doesn’t normally get to know someone’s financial situation.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres, 18 days ago

And Sky News learned about it before Parliament? That isn’t very confidence inspiring.

TokenBoomer, 18 days ago

All salaries will be paid this month.