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Thoughts on SingHealth Data Breach

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On the 20th of July, Singaporean authorities announced a data breach affecting SingHealth, the country largest healthcare group. The breach impacted 1.5 million people who had used SingHealth services over the last 3 years. Oh boy, another data breach with 1.5 million records … **yawn**. But Singapore has less than 6 million people, so it’s a BIG deal to this island I currently call...

The Malaysian Ministry of Education Data Breach

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Ok, I’ve been pretty involved in the latest data breach, so here’s my side of the story. At around 11pm last Friday, I got a query from Zurairi at The Malay Mail, asking for a second opinion on a strange email the newsdesk received from an ‘anonymous source’. The email was  regular vulnerability disclosure, but one that was full of details, attached with an enormous amount...