{"id":285535,"date":"2026-07-03T23:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T03:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/data-of-70000-people-compromised-in-cybersecurity-incident-involving-slas-vendor-ibm\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T01:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:25:08","slug":"data-of-70000-people-compromised-in-cybersecurity-incident-involving-slas-vendor-ibm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/data-of-70000-people-compromised-in-cybersecurity-incident-involving-slas-vendor-ibm\/","title":{"rendered":"Data of 70,000 people compromised in cybersecurity incident involving SLA\u2019s vendor IBM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Data of 70,000 people compromised in cybersecurity incident involving SLA\u2019s vendor IBM<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/ibm-sla-data-breach-70000-people-cybersecurity-6229876<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-07-03 23:53:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.channelnewsasia.com<\/a><\/p>\n

SINGAPORE: Personal data of about 70,000 people was compromised following a cybersecurity incident involving the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) and a cloud environment managed by its vendor IBM.<\/p>\n

In a media release on Friday (Jul 3), SLA said the incident involved unauthorised access to a data set created for vendor development and testing.<\/p>\n

IBM manages the development and systems-integration testing environment for the Singapore Titles Automated Registration System (STARS) and eLodgment System (ELS). The web-based system allows lawyers, government agencies and authorised individuals to submit documents relating to property transfers and caveats.<\/p>\n

In response to CNA’s queries, SLA said IBM first notified it on Jun 12 of a “security incident” involving the IBM-managed cloud environment.<\/p>\n

The company subsequently informed SLA on Jun 15 that there may have been unauthorised access to personal information.<\/p>\n

SLA said it then immediately examined the affected data set.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Preliminary investigations showed that the compromised dataset, created in 1998 for testing purposes and updated periodically over the years, was intended to contain only mock and anonymised data based on property ownership and lodgment records.<\/p>\n

However, it was found to contain real information such as names, NRIC numbers and past property addresses of about 70,000 people.<\/p>\n

“This information should have been anonymised but was not,” SLA said. “Investigations are ongoing to determine how this occurred.”<\/p>\n

“As the data set was created in 1998, the majority of the addresses are not the current place of residence of the affected individuals,” it added.<\/span><\/p>\n

The affected environment managed by IBM is separate from SLA\u2019s operational systems.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no connection or compromise to the live systems used for operations of STARS, ELS or any other SLA systems,” the agency said. “Property ownership and lodgment records in STARS and ELS remain secure and unaffected.”<\/p>\n

IBM has since revoked access to the affected system to prevent…<\/p>\n

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