A vendor connected to Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority left the personal information of more than 800,000 blood donors exposed on an online database after the company failed to put in place adequate data protection safeguards, The Strait Times reports. The HSA has stated the database was accessible via a database client and not a web browser, and it is also believed that only one instance of unauthorized access was committed when a cybersecurity professional discovered the breach. A spokesman for the vendor said the server "was immediately secured upon notification of the unauthorised access." (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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