Singapore Prime Minister Targeted in Health Database Cyberattack

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Singapore said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s personal particulars were targeted in a "major" cyberattack on the database of the country’s biggest public healthcare group.

The attackers "specifically and repeatedly targeted" the premier’s personal information on the SingHealth database, including on his outpatient dispensed medicines, the Ministry of Communications and Information and Ministry of Health said in a joint statement on Friday.