Technology · Singapore Bureau
Over 4,000 healthcare workers' personal data exposed in AIC breach
Personal information including names, contact details and national identification numbers of more than 4,000 healthcare and community care employees may have been accessed in a cybersecurity incident at the Agency for Integrated Care.
LSN Singapore ·
The Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) has disclosed a data breach affecting personal information of over 4,000 of its healthcare and community care sector employees. The potentially compromised data includes names, contact numbers, email addresses and NRIC numbers, according to the agency.
The cybersecurity incident represents a significant exposure of sensitive personal and identification details for workers in Singapore's healthcare and community care sectors. AIC, which oversees integrated care services for the elderly and disabled, has not disclosed the specific date of the breach or details on how the incident occurred.
Affected employees are expected to be notified of the incident. The agency has not yet announced whether it is conducting a full forensic investigation or what additional security measures are being implemented to prevent similar breaches in future.
The incident comes amid growing concerns over data security in Singapore's healthcare sector, with multiple breaches affecting sensitive health and personal information in recent years. Cybersecurity experts have urged organisations handling personal data to strengthen security protocols and conduct regular vulnerability assessments.