UK confirms Ministry of Defence payroll data exposed in data breach

The UK Ministry of Defence disclosed that an external contractor’s payroll system was breached, exposing about 270,000 records of active, reserve and some recently retired personnel containing names, bank details and occasional addresses; the MoD isolated the system, confirmed its core network and main military HR were unaffected, and is investigating contractor failings and possible foreign-state involvement while notifying affected personnel and veterans.