Doctor Anywhere announced the security incident on the evening of November 6 after an unknown party illegally accessed company systems. Cybersecurity firm Ensign InfoSecurity investigated the intrusion and confirmed that all identified system vulnerabilities were resolved by October 30. Patient care and regular operations remain fully functional across all facilities. Meanwhile, the provider is reaching out to inform impacted individuals, including corporate clients affiliated with its subsidiary Adept Health.
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Normal healthcare operations and patient treatments are continuing without disruption acr…: Normal healthcare operations and patient treatments are continuing without disruption across all provider facilities.
The company has formally lodged a police report and notified the Singapore Personal Data…: The company has formally lodged a police report and notified the Singapore Personal Data Protection Commission.
The organization has not yet disclosed the specific compromised data types or the total n…: The organization has not yet disclosed the specific compromised data types or the total number of affected users.
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- Doctor Anywhere said personal data of users was leaked in a “malicious cyber incident” involving “unauthorised access” by an unknown third party.
- The company has not said when it happened or how many people were affected. It said “all clinical records are not affected”.
- Doctor Anywhere has notified affected users, reported the breach to the Personal Data Protection Commission and police, and hired Ensign InfoSecurity to strengthen its systems.
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SINGAPORE - Personal data of users of Doctor Anywhere have been leaked in a data breach, the group said in a statement on the evening of Nov 6.
It said the data breach was the result of “a malicious cyber incident involving unauthorised access by an unknown third party”, but did not say when it happened, how many customers were affected and what type of data was compromised.
“As investigations are still ongoing, we are not able to provide any other details about the incident at this stage,” it said in the statement.
Doctor Anywhere said it engaged cybersecurity and forensic specialist Ensign InfoSecurity to support…
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