Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and 1.5 million people had their medical information stolen
Singapore's Health Minister said the theft of health information of the Prime Minister and 1.5 million people was on an unprecedented scale.
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Minister for Communications and Information S Iswaran and Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong at a press conference. Photo:Mediacorp. |
"I deeply apologize that this happened. We must learn from this and become stronger and more resilient after this incident," Channel News AsiaMinister Gan Kim Yong said yesterday, adding that the attack was "unprecedented".
At the press conference, Minister for Communications and Information S Iswaran also firmly pursued the cyber attack. "I want to assure everyone that the government takes its responsibility of ensuring the security of the public sector's information technology database system very seriously."
Hackers illegally accessed and copied the personal data of about 1.5 million patients who visited hospitals and clinics between May 2015 and July 4 this year, according to Reuters. The hackers specifically targeted Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's personal information and his outpatient medications.
