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U.S. Citizen Accused Of Leaking HIV Records Of 14,200 People In Singapore Data Spill
Records of as many as 14,200 people with HIV and their 2,400 contacts have been 鈥渋llegally disclosed online鈥, Singapore鈥檚 health ministry said in a statement, marking the second cyberattack the city-state has suffered in a year. The HIV-registry data was leaked by a U.S. citizen, Mikhy K. Farrera Brochez, who was deported from Singapore after serving jail time for fraud and drug-related offenses, the ministry said. The leaked information included names, test results and contact details of 5,400 Singaporean citizens and 8,800 foreigners. (Sundria, 1/28)
[Singapore鈥檚 health ministry] said Mikhy K. Farrera Brochez recently put the official records of 5,400 Singaporeans and 8,800 foreigners online. These included HIV test results, names, identification numbers, phone numbers, addresses and other health information, it said. 鈥淲hile access to the confidential information has been disabled, it is still in the possession of the unauthorized person, and could still be publicly disclosed in the future,鈥 it said in statement. 鈥淲e are working with relevant parties to scan the internet for signs of further disclosure of the information.鈥 (Liang, 1/28)