SINGAPORE: Cyberattackers steal 1.5m citizens’ details, including PM’s

No less than 1.5 million details have been stolen including that of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong after cyberattackers compromised the database of Singapore’s government health sector.

The “deliberate, targeted and well-planned,” attack aimed at patients who visited clinics between May 2015 and July 4 this year, the Health Ministry said in a statement.

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“It was not the work of casual hackers or criminal gangs,” the ministry said, adding that the attackers targeted details about Lee and the medicines he received.

“The attackers specifically and repeatedly targeted Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s personal particulars and information on his outpatient dispensed medicines,” it said.

Reports say data taken include names and addresses but not medical records, other than medicines dispensed in some cases.

The government had previously warned of cyber-attacks, saying it has been the target of international hackers but most attacks were foiled.

 

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