Fullerton Health server supporting migrant worker care programme hit by cybersecurity incident

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Personal information, including migrant workers' names, foreign identification numbers and mobile numbers, may have been affected, the healthcare provider said.

Personal information, including migrant workers' names, foreign identification numbers and mobile numbers, may have been affected, the healthcare provider said.

SINGAPORE: A server supporting Fullerton Health's Migrant Worker Primary Care Plan programme was affected by a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorised access, the healthcare provider said.

Preliminary investigations found that the migrant workers' full names, FIN numbers, dates of birth, mobile numbers, email addresses and residential addresses may have been affected, Fullerton Health said in a notice on its website on Monday (Nov 9).

The programme is administered by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). Fullerton Health did not disclose how many migrant workers may have been affected.

“Based on our current assessment, the incident appears to be limited to a specific standalone system supporting our Primary Care Plan programme, and there is no evidence at this time that systems supporting other programmes, projects, clients or patients have been affected,” it said.

“The affected data does not contain any health/medical or personal financial information,” it added.

Fullerton Health said it “promptly activated” its incident response protocols after discovering the incident and implemented precautionary measures across its network to secure its systems while investigations were ongoing.

It added that all its managed care services, healthcare services and facilities remained operational.

Fullerton Health has notified the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC), lodged a police report and contacted MOM.

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