Data of 70,000 people compromised in cybersecurity incident involving SLA’s vendor IBM
The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) reported that personal data of 70,000 individuals was compromised due to unauthorized access in a cloud environment managed by IBM. The breach occurred in a testing environment used for property registration systems.
Why it matters
The incident underscores the risks associated with third-party vendor management and the security of government-linked data systems.
Names, NRIC numbers and past property addresses were exposed after unauthorised access to a data set created for vendor development and testing.
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