Singapore insurance customers among 110,000 hit by Alliance Medinet data breach
Alliance Medinet provides services to several insurers, including HSBC Life, Singlife and Income Insurance, which have reported that their customers were affected by the incident.
On October 24, Singapore-based healthcare services provider Alliance Medinet experienced a cyber incident that compromised the personal data of approximately 110,000 members. The breach affected customers of three insurers: HSBC Life, Income Insurance, and Singlife. The compromised information includes names, personal identification numbers, contact details, and potentially bank account information for seven members and one member's medical diagnosis.
HSBC Life reported that 2,614 individual policyholders and 1,381 members under group corporate policies were affected, while Income Insurance had an incident involving about 70 individuals. Singlife informed 323 of its Employee Benefits group health insurance customers about the potential breach. Alliance Medinet, the corporate healthcare arm of Alliance Healthcare Group, is notifying affected members and has strengthened its IT systems and security controls. The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore is monitoring the situation closely.
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