SINGAPORE: The personal details of 850 national servicemen and staff at Singapore's Defence Ministry (Mindef) were stolen in what has been described as a "targeted and carefully planned" cyber attack.
The breach of Mindef's I-net system was discovered in early February. The I-net systemprovides Internet access to national servicemen and employees for their personal communications and Internet surfing via thousands of dedicated computer terminals in Mindef, as well as Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) camps and premises.
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