The UK Ministry of Defence experienced a significant cyberattack affecting up to 272,000 military personnel and veterans.

Sensitive information such as names and bank details of military personnel were compromised, highlighting a serious security lapse.

The government has raised suspicions of China's involvement based on patterns from previous cyberattacks, although there is no definitive evidence and China denies these allegations.

Officials have responded by taking the compromised database offline and initiating an investigation, though details are scarce due to security concerns.

Prime Minister Sunak has not confirmed any nation's involvement, underlining the sensitive and uncertain nature of the ongoing investigation.

This incident is not isolated, as SSCL, the service managing the database, also faced a data breach involving prison officers' information in 2020.