CARA app breach in Singapore may have exposed members’ personal data
A security breach involving unauthorized notifications occurred in the CARA app operated by Dementia Singapore, which supports people with dementia and their caregivers in Singapore. Some members’ names, email addresses, phone numbers, and membership numbers may have been exposed, but identification document numbers were not included. The external app provider contained the incident, and the organization is investigating the extent of the impact with the provider.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Dementia Singapore
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Possible exposure of some members’ personal data; number of people affected not disclosed
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- Singapore
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Timeline
- Unauthorized notifications were sent through the CARA app, and the possible exposure of some members’ personal data became known.
- The external app provider’s containment of the incident and an investigation into the extent of the impact were reported, and identification document numbers were confirmed not to be among the potentially exposed information.
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