Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)

Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)

Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) suffered a data breach in this incident, the training centre had uploaded pictures taken at the recruits' graduation ceremony to Facebook.

However, there was a link in there that showed the troops' pictures and ID card numbers.

When the error was discovered, BMTC promptly withdrew the link to the portraits.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/singapore-armed-forces-apologizes-for-data-leak/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/singapore-armed-forces-saf

"id": "sin04526722",
"linkid": "singapore-armed-forces-saf",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "03/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Defense',
                        'location': 'Singapore',
                        'name': 'Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)',
                        'type': 'Military'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Improper Data Handling',
 'data_breach': {'file_types_exposed': ['Images'],
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['ID card numbers'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['ID card numbers', 'Pictures']},
 'description': 'Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) suffered a data breach when the '
                "training centre uploaded pictures taken at the recruits' "
                'graduation ceremony to Facebook, including a link that showed '
                "the troops' pictures and ID card numbers.",
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['ID card numbers', 'Pictures']},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': ['Improper Data Handling']},
 'response': {'containment_measures': ['Withdrawing the link to the '
                                       'portraits']},
 'title': 'SAF Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Exposure of Sensitive Information'}
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