No further compromise to Alliance Medinet’s system, hacker access blocked, says parent company
KPMG Services has been appointed as an independent specialist to investigate the breach.
Singapore-based healthcare services provider Alliance Medinet's membership database suffered a cyber breach, resulting in unauthorized access to the personal data of approximately 110,000 members, according to a disclosure made on October 24. The breach, which affected the data of individuals associated with the subsidiary of Alliance Healthcare Group, did not impact the company's financial systems.
In an update to shareholders on October 26, Alliance Healthcare Group's board announced that the breach was contained, with no further compromise detected in the information system. KPMG Services was appointed as independent cybersecurity and forensic specialists to investigate the incident, and they have validated the security fixes deployed by Medinet's IT team, confirming that the unauthorized access path has been secured.
The data breach involved the exposure of members' full names, personal identification numbers, birth dates, contact information, policy details, and employment information. The compromised data may also have included bank account information for seven members and a medical diagnosis for one member. The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore and the Personal Data Protection Commission are closely monitoring the developments and investigating the incident.
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