Singapore’s Minmed hit by cyber-attack on telemedicine and health screening support system
A standalone system supporting telemedicine and health screening at Singapore healthcare company Minmed was hit by a cyber-attack. The company said the impact was confined to that system, clinical records were unaffected, and medical services continued to operate. It has worked with external experts to address vulnerabilities and reported the incident to the authorities, and is investigating whether personal information was accessed or stolen and the extent of the impact.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Minmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- Singapore
Timeline
- Minmed disclosed a cyber breach of its telemedicine and health screening support system and said it had worked with external experts to address vulnerabilities and reported the incident to the authorities.
- With clinical records unaffected, an investigation was continuing into the extent of the impact on the separate system and whether personal information had been accessed or stolen.
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