China calls accusations it hacked MoD ‘completely fabricated and malicious slanders’

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China has called accusations it hacked the Ministry of Defence "completely fabricated and malicious slanders". Sky News revealed on Monday night China is behind a massive data breach involving the MoD. The government will not name the country involved when a minister makes a statement to parliament today, Sky News understands, but two or three attempts were made to hack MoD employees - including personnel. A cyber attack on an MoD payroll system was carried out, with names and bank details of current army, Royal Navy and RAF personnel and some veterans exposed. A spokesman for the Chinese embassy in...