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According to Singtel, which has started informing affected parties, bank account details of 28 former Singtel employees and credit card details of 45 staff of a corporate customer with Singtel mobile lines are also affected. A large part of the leaked data includes Singtel’s internal information such as data logs, test data, reports and emails. “While this data theft was committed by unknown parties, I’m very sorry this has happened to our customers and apologise unreservedly to everyone impacted," said Singtel’s group CEO Yuen Kuan Moon. "Data privacy is paramount, we have disappointed our stakeholders and not met the standards we have set for ourselves,” he said. “Given the complexity and sensitivity of our investigations, we are being as transparent as possible and providing information that is accurate to the best of our knowledge. We are doing our level best to keep our customers supported in mitigating the potential risks," he added. Yuen stresses that Singtel’s own core operations and functions remain unaffected and sound and this incident involves a standalone system provided by a third-party vendor.