Hackers steal 1.5-million health records in Singapore, which fends off attacks daily
The attack is described as deliberate, targeted and well-planned and seemed to particularly target personal details of the city-state’s prime minister
Singapore — Hackers have stolen the health records of 1.5-million Singaporeans including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, authorities said on Friday, with the leader specifically targeted in the city-state’s biggest ever data breach. Singapore’s health and information ministries said a government database was broken into in a "deliberate, targeted and well-planned" strike, describing the attack as "unprecedented". "Attackers specifically and repeatedly targeted the personal particulars and outpatient information of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong," health minister Gan Kim Yong told a press conference. Forensic analysis by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore "indicates this is a deliberate, targeted, and well-planned cyber-attack and not the work of casual hackers or criminal gangs". Officials declined to comment on the identity of the hackers, citing "operational security", but said the prime minister’s data has not shown up anywhere on the internet. "I don’t know what the attacker...
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