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Singapore personal data hack hits 1.5m, health authority says - tao - 07-20-2018
Hackers have stolen personal data in Singapore belonging to some 1.5 million people, or about a quarter of the population, officials say.
They broke into the government health database in a "deliberate, targeted and well-planned" attack, a government statement says.
Those targeted visited clinics between 1 May 2015 and 4 July of this year.
Data taken include names and addresses but not medical records, other than medicines dispensed in some cases.
"Information on the outpatient dispensed medicines of about 160,000 of these patients" was taken, the statement says.
"The records were not tampered with, ie no records were amended or deleted. No other patient records, such as diagnosis, test results or doctors' notes, were breached. We have not found evidence of a similar breach in the other public healthcare IT systems."
The data of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, including information on his outpatient dispensed medicines, was "specifically and repeatedly targeted". Mr Lee has survived cancer twice.
Singapore, a wealthy city state, prides itself on its stability and security.
How were systems breached?
It appears that a computer belonging to SingHealth, one of the state's two major government healthcare groups, was infected with malware through which the hackers gained access to the database.
They struck some time between 27 June and 4 July, according to the government.
SingHealth has temporarily banned staff from surfing on all 28,000 of its work computers, according to the Straits Times.
Other public healthcare institutions are expected to do the same.
How vulnerable is Singapore to hacking?
The government has previously warned of cyber attacks, saying it has been the target of international hackers, but most attacks were foiled.
It has stepped up measures in recent years, including disconnecting computers for certain key ministries in the civil service from the internet, so that they operate on intranet only.
A cyber attack last year targeted the defence ministry but only got basic information on military conscripts.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44900507RE: Singapore personal data hack hits 1.5m, health authority says - adi - 07-31-2018
It's the plague of the modern times.
RE: Singapore personal data hack hits 1.5m, health authority says - JimmyLauChan - 04-22-2021
We live in a data-driven world, everything has been linked to the algorithms, but, to be honest, we are not that important, so our data might not be important in most ways.
RE: Singapore personal data hack hits 1.5m, health authority says - boxesofkittens - 04-23-2021
That has to be one of the biggest hacks this year so far. Crazy to think about how governments are also vulnerable to hackers. What was the intention anyways? Doesn't sound like they made it off with anything valuable.
RE: Singapore personal data hack hits 1.5m, health authority says - HACKX - 05-21-2021
I agree that this is a data-driven world, that's why we should pay more attention to the security of personal information
RE: Singapore personal data hack hits 1.5m, health authority says - f724d23534 - 05-21-2021
(05-21-2021, 04:00 AM)HACKX Wrote: I agree that this is a data-driven world, that's why we should pay more attention to the security of personal informationOn a personal level yes, that's achievable, on the big level it's enarly impossible, you just need 1 evil person with a middle to high rank in a given organization and game over
RE: Singapore personal data hack hits 1.5m, health authority says - HACKX - 05-24-2021
(05-21-2021, 11:44 PM)f724d23534 Wrote:(05-21-2021, 04:00 AM)HACKX Wrote: I agree that this is a data-driven world, that's why we should pay more attention to the security of personal informationOn a personal level yes, that's achievable, on the big level it's enarly impossible, you just need 1 evil person with a middle to high rank in a given organization and game over
Haha, yes
RE: Singapore personal data hack hits 1.5m, health authority says - onlymeinside - 05-27-2021
wow, i don't know if i want authorities to catch these guys, given how laws in Singapore are. Hanged until death... by the testicles... for sure
RE: Singapore personal data hack hits 1.5m, health authority says - FTP - 10-24-2021
(05-27-2021, 02:48 AM)onlymeinside Wrote: Hanged until death... by the testicles... for sure
RE: Singapore personal data hack hits 1.5m, health authority says - KOF_TEST1 - 11-25-2021
ok, sorry to see that