UK probes ‘Russian hack’ targeting army recruits


According to the Mail, the ministry had found the personal records of 124 British Army candidates were illegally accessed, ‘but it is thought hundreds more could have been at risk’. — AFP

LONDON: The UK defence ministry said on April 26 it was investigating a reported hack by Russia of its computer systems targeting more than 100 army recruits.

The Daily Mail reported that the hack was “feared to have been a Russian agent” with the intention of targeting the recruits “as potential agents in the British Army”.

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