Hackers have stolen personal data in Singapore belonging to some 1.5 million people, or more than a third of the population, officials say. They broke into the government health database…
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Malaysian data breach sees 46 million phone numbers leaked
A massive data breach has seen the customer data of more than 46 million mobile subscribers in Malaysia leaked on to the dark web. The leaked information includes mobile numbers,…
Social media data shared by spy agencies
UK spy agencies are collecting citizens’ social media and medical data, a court has heard. The details emerged in a case brought by Privacy International, looking at the legality of…
In-Depth Med Records for 150K Americans leaked in Latest Amazon S3 Issue
Tara Seals Medical records covering the nature and results of weekly blood tests for 150,000 Americans have been exposed to the public, thanks to yet another company misconfiguring its Amazon…
Google Deepmind: Should patients trust the company with their data?
Google’s artificial intelligence unit DeepMind is getting serious about healthcare – with ambitious plans to digitise the NHS – but first it needs to convince patients to hand over their…