Singapore suffered massive data breach, affecting data of 1.5 million SingHealth patients, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Long

Briefing

Singapore suffered massive data breach, affecting data of 1.5 million SingHealth patients, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Long

July 27, 2018

Briefing

  • Massive Data Breach – 1.5 million SingHealth patients affected with massive data breach conducted by still unknown perpetrators, which primarily targeted records of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Long
  • System Penetration – Used malware on single workstation to acquire account credentials with deep access to SingHealth’s patient database
  • Incident Detection – First discovered on July 4, 2018, with investigators claiming incident happened beginning June 27, 2018
  • Affected Patients – Include those who visited SingHealth’s facilities between May 1, 2015 and July 4, 2018
  • Stolen Data – Include patients’ names, addresses, gender, racial profile, date of birth, and national identification numbers, as well as outpatient medical records of 160,000 individuals

Accelerator

Market Disruption

Sector

Healthcare/Health Sciences

Organization

SingHealth

Source

Original Publication Date

July 20, 2018

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