Internet separation on public healthcare computers could have disrupted cyber attack: DPM Teo Chee Hean, Politics News & Top Stories

Internet separation on public healthcare computers could have disrupted cyber attack: DPM Teo Chee Hean, Politics News & Top Stories

SINGAPORE – Internet surfing separation could and should have been implemented for computers in the public healthcare sector, just as it had been done for the public sector, said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean in the wake of the cyber attack on SingHealth, Singapore’s largest group of healthcare institutions.  This would have gone some […]

Prime Minister among 1.5m patients in Singapore health cyberattack

Prime Minister among 1.5m patients in Singapore health cyberattack

A major cyberattack on Singapore’s government health database stole the personal information of about 1.5 million people, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the government said on Friday. The attack, which the government called “the most serious breach of personal data” that the country has experienced, comes as the highly wired and digitalised state has […]