The Ministry of Defence is investigating claims that Russian hackers have stolen hundreds of sensitive military documents and published them on the dark web.
The files hold details of eight RAF and Royal Navy bases as well as Ministry of Defence staff names and emails, The Mail On Sunday reported. Cybercriminals accessed the cache of files by hacking a maintenance and construction contractor called Dodd Group, the newspaper said. The hack follows a series of high profile data breaches at the MoD.
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Source: MSN News
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