Do you use the same login details for all your digital accounts?

Maybe it’s time to stop doing that.

Someone apparently hacked into 14,200 Mediacorp meconnect accounts.

Here’s what happened.

14,200 meconnect Accounts Apparently Hacked

On 23 February, national broadcaster Mediacorp said that an unidentified external party had accessed around 14,200 accounts.

Since then, the passwords of the accounts have been reset. 

Mediacorp clarified that login credentials for the accounts were not leaked from the system.

The company has also reassured users that further investigations did not reveal any evidence that users’ personal data were misused or disclosed to the public. 

It also mentioned that payment information had not been compromised.

The company detected the unauthorised access towards the end of January after a surge in login activity.

Small Percentage of Total Users Affected

According to Mediacorp, these affected accounts only comprised a small percentage of the total number of meconnect accounts.