THE Ministry of Defence has been hit by hackers with links to Russia, as security secrets have been leaked and the data posted online.
Hackers have released thousands of pages of information with could be used by criminals to access the HMNB Clyde nuclear submarine base, the Porton Down chemical weapons lab and a GCHQ listening post.
Information concerning high-security prisons and a military site key to our cyber defences was also stolen in the raid by group LockBit.
Hackers are said to have targeted the databases of Zaun, a firm which makes the fences for maximum security sites.
The information was published on the internet’s dark web, which can be accessed with specialist software.