Hackers steal health records of 1.5M Singaporeans, including Prime Minister | Inquirer News

Hackers steal health records of 1.5M Singaporeans, including Prime Minister

/ 06:17 PM July 20, 2018

Hackers have stolen health records belonging to 1.5 million Singaporeans, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong who was specifically targeted in the “unprecedented” attack, authorities said Friday.

In the biggest data breach in the city-state’s history, a government database was broken into in a “deliberate, targeted and well-planned” strike, the health and information ministries said in a joint statement.   /vvp

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