Singapore Defense Personnel Data Vulnerable in Malware Attacks

guest · Dec 22, 2019

Singapore Defense Personnel Data Vulnerable in Malware Attacks
Decembre 21, 2019
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/singapore-defense-personnel-data-vulnerable-in-malware-attacks-1.1365907

The personal data of about 100,000 Singapore defense personnel may have been leaked in yet another cyberattack in the city-state.

Sensitive information held by two security force vendors, including full names, identification details, and a combination of contact numbers, email and residential addresses could be included in the potential data exposure, according to a statement published on the ministry’s website on Saturday.

ST Logistics Pte.’s systems, which suffered a malware attack, held the personal data of 2,400 Ministry of Defence and Singapore Armed Forces employees, while HMI Institute of Health Sciences Pte.’s system contains the information of about 98,000 security force personnel, the statement said.
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HMI Institute said it had discovered that a file server was encrypted by ransomware on Dec. 4, but investigations so far show no evidence of data being copied or exported. ST Logistics did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment, and calls to the company went unanswered.
ST Logistics works with the ministry to provide retail and supply-chain services, while HMI Institute is contracted by the Singapore Armed Forces to conduct personnel training.
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Personal data of 2,400 Mindef, SAF staff may have been leaked

Two vendors - ST Logistics and HMI Institute - hit by malware attacks in unrelated incidents
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guest · Jan 7, 2020

No classified military information was compromised in 2019 malware infection incidents: Ng Eng Hen
But cyber security measures are being strengthened
January 7, 2020
https://mothership.sg/2020/01/malware-mindef-saf-vendors/

No classified military information was lost in the recent malware incidents that affected the personal data of Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) personnel, said Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen.

Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said in a written Parliamentary reply on Jan. 6 that while personal data was affected, the malware infections were confined to the systems of the respective vendors that reported them — ST Logistics and the HMI Institute of Health Sciences (HMI Institute).
The ministry reported the two separate malware infections that hit the two companies on Dec. 21, 2019.
Security measures
Ng said that prior to the incidents, MINDEF had already begun including personal data protection clauses in contracts it signs with external vendors, particularly those who handle personal data.
MINDEF’s oversight of vendors will also be strengthened, Ng says, along with cyber and data security measures.

“Taking reference from the recommendations of the Public Sector Data Security Review Committee (PSDSRC), we will implement a framework to ensure that vendors protect our data well.
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