Singapore accuses US man of stealing and leaking medical records of 14,200 HIV patients online
Singapore’s health ministry has accused an American of stealing and leaking the records of 14,200 people infected with HIV, the virus that causes Aids, before January 2013.
It 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 on Monday.
While access to the confidential information has been disabled,
it is still in the possession of the unauthorised person, and could still be publicly disclosed in the future,it said in statement.
South China Morning Post
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