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The UK’s Ministry of Defence was hit with a data breach.

The hackers obtained the names and banking information belonging to an unknown number of UK military personnel, according to reports from the BBC and Sky News.

Members of Parliament will reportedly be made aware of the breach on Tuesday. Although the UK government has not revealed who’s behind the attack, Sky News has linked it to China.

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