Singapore facing ‘serious’ cyberattack: Minister

{ UNC3886 } INTRUDER MAINTAINS UNAUTHORISED ACCESS TO TARGET FOR SUSTAINED PERIOD OF TIME

- Agence France-Presse

Singapore announced it was battling a “serious” cyberattack against its critical infrastructure, attributing the hack to an espionage group that experts have linked to China.

The attack, a kind of Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), poses a serious danger to the city-state, Coordinating Minister for National Security K. Shanmugam said in a speech on Friday.

An APT refers to a cyberattack where an intruder establishes and maintains unauthorised access to a target, remaining undetected for a sustained period of time.